Election Results
This seat was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election.
Following a ballot of members on 8 September 2007 Sharon Hodgson MP was selected as the Labour candidate, she represented 38% of the new seat which came from her previous seat of Gateshead East and Washington West which was abolished.
The vote share change comes from the notional, not actual, results as this is a new seat.
| General Election 2010: Washington and Sunderland West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sharon Hodgson* | 19,615 | 52.5 | -16.2 | |
| Conservative | Ian Cuthbert | 8,157 | 21.8 | +6.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Andras | 6,382 | 17.1 | +0.9 | |
| BNP | Ian McDonald | 1,913 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
| UKIP | Linda Hudson | 1,267 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 11,453 | 30.7 | |||
| Turnout | 37,334 | 54 | +6.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.6 | |||
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
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