UK general elections › 2010 › Beverley and Holderness
Beverley and Holderness — 2010
Graham Stuart (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,063 votes— 47.1% of 53,199 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. 47.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,199
| 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 | Graham Stuart | Conservative Party | 25,063 | 47.1% | −2.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Craig Dobson | Liberal Democrats | 12,076 | 22.7% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Saunders | Labour Party | 11,224 | 21.1% | — | |
| 4 | Neil Whitelam | British National Party | 2,080 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Andy Horsfield | UK Independence Party | 1,845 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Bill Rigby | Green Party | 686 | 1.3% | — | |
| 7 | Ron Hughes | Independent | 225 | 0.4% | — |
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.