Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 North East, England - Elections won by Liberal Democrat

A general election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 45,597,461, having 29,687,604 valid votes and 81,879 invalid votes.

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Constituency Candidate Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Vote change Majority
Berwick-Upon-Tweed BEITH, Alan 56,578 67.9% 16,806 43.7% -8.9% 2,690
Redcar SWALES, Ian 67,127 62.5% 18,955 45.2% 25.0% 5,214

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.

This was the first election on a new set of constituency boundaries in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The vote share calculations in those countries are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.