A General Election was held on the 6th May 2010. Results for the constituencies of Blaydon, Gateshead and Jarrow are below.
Blaydon
Size of electorate: 67,808
Ballot papers returned: 45,070
Turnout: 66.5%
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
No. of Votes
|
% Votes Polled
|
Majority
|
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The Labour Party
|
Dave Anderson
|
22,297
|
49.6
|
9,117
|
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Neil Bradbury
|
13,180
|
29.3
|
|
|
The Conservative Party
|
Glenn Hall
|
7,159
|
15.9
|
|
|
British National Party
|
Keith McFarlane
|
2,277
|
5.1
|
|
Gateshead
Size of electorate: 66,492
Ballot papers returned: 38343
Turnout: 57.7%
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
No. of Votes
|
% Votes Polled
|
Majority
|
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The Labour Party
|
Ian Mearns
|
20,712
|
54.1
|
12,549
|
|
Liberal Democrat
|
Frank Hindle
|
8,163
|
21.3
|
|
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The Conservative Party
|
Hazal Anderson
|
5,716
|
14.9
|
|
|
British National Party
|
Kevin Scott
|
1,787
|
4.7
|
|
|
United Kingdom Independence Party
|
John Tennant
|
1,103
|
2.9
|
|
|
Green Party
|
Andy Redfern
|
379
|
1.0
|
|
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Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition
|
Elaine Brunskill
|
266
|
0.7
|
|
|
The Christian Party
|
David Walton
|
131
|
0.3
|
|
Jarrow
Size of electorate: 64,350
Ballot papers returned:38,784
Turnout: 60.3%
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
No. of Votes
|
% Votes Polled
|
Majority
|
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The Labour Party
|
Stephen Hepburn
|
20,910
|
53.9
|
12,908
|
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The Conservative Party
|
Jeff Milburn
|
8,002
|
20.6
|
|
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Liberal Democrat
|
Tom Appleby
|
7,163
|
18.5
|
|
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British National Party
|
Andy Swaddle
|
2,709
|
7.0
|
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