UK general elections › 2010 › Boston and Skegness
Boston and Skegness — 2010
Mark Simmonds (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,325 votes— 49.4% of 43,125 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. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,125
| 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 | Mark Simmonds | Conservative Party | 21,325 | −0.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Paul Robert Kenny | Labour Party | 8,899 | — | ||
| 3 | Philip Smith | Liberal Democrats | 6,371 | — | ||
| 4 | Chris Pain | UK Independence Party | 4,081 | — | ||
| 5 | David Owens | British National Party | 2,278 | — | ||
| 6 | P. H. Wilson | Independent | 171 | — |
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.