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2010 general election · North West

Bootle: 2010 general election result

Joe Benton (Labour) won Bootle at the 2010 general election with a majority of 21,181. Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
Joe BentonLabour
Majority
21,18151.3% of valid votes
Turnout
57.8%41,277 valid votes
Electorate
71,422
Result
Lab hold
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Joe Benton Elected sitting MPLabour27,42666.4%
James MurrayLiberal Democrats6,24515.1%
Sohail QureshiConservative3,6788.9%
Paul NuttallUK Independence Party2,5146.1%
Charles StewartBritish National Party9422.3%
Pete GloverTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition4721.1%
Valid votes41,277
Majority21,18151.3%

No change figures: the constituency’s boundaries changed after the 2005 election.

Declared 7 May 2010, 04:40.

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Questions and answers

Who won Bootle at the 2010 general election?

Joe Benton (Labour) won with 27,426 votes (66.4%). Result: Lab hold.

What was the majority in Bootle in 2010?

21,181 votes (51.3% of valid votes) over the Liberal Democrats candidate, James Murray.

What was the turnout in Bootle in 2010?

57.8% of the 71,422 registered electors cast a valid vote (41,277 votes).

Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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