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Amber Valley — 2010
Nigel Mills (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,746 votes— 38.6% of 45,958 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 38.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,958
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mills | Conservative Party | 17,746 | −11.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Judy Mallaber | Labour Party | 17,210 | — | ||
| 3 | Tom Snowdon | Liberal Democrats | 6,636 | — | ||
| 4 | Michael Clarke | British National Party | 3,195 | — | ||
| 5 | Sue Ransome | UK Independence Party | 906 | — | ||
| 6 | Sam Thing | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 265 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.