Sunderland Central have returned their votes for the 2010 UK General Election.
Labour have won the seat in the newly delineated Sunderland Central ward, with a majority of 6,725 from a total turnout of 42,463.
The vote went as follows:
Julie Elliott – Labour – 19,495
Lee Martin – Conservative – 12,770
Paul Dixon – Liberal Democrat – 7,191
John McCaffrey – British National Party – 1,913
Pauline Featonby-Warren – UK Independence Party – 1,094
Based on the equivalent votes last year, Labour’s majority in this ward fell by around 5%, which is equivalent to Conservative gains. At the time this result returned, Labour held the first three seats of the 2010 General Election, all of them in the Sunderland area.
In This Story: Vote
Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.