UK general elections › 2010 › Bosworth
Bosworth — 2010
David Tredinnick (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,132 votes— 42.6% of 54,274 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. 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,274
| 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 | David Tredinnick | Conservative Party | 23,132 | −7.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Michael Mullaney | Liberal Democrats | 18,100 | — | ||
| 3 | Rory Palmer | Labour Party | 8,674 | — | ||
| 4 | John Ryde | British National Party | 2,458 | — | ||
| 5 | Dutch Veldhuizen | UK Independence Party | 1,098 | — | ||
| 6 | James Lampitt | English Democrats | 615 | — | ||
| 7 | Michael Brooks | The Science Party | 197 | — |
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.