UK general elections2010 › Brentwood and Ongar

Brentwood and Ongar — 2010

Eric Pickles (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,793 votes56.9% of 50,592 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,592

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Eric Pickles Conservative Party 28,793+6.9 ptsElected
2David Kendall Liberal Democrats 11,872
3Heidi Benzing Labour Party 4,992
4Stuart McGough UK Independence Party 2,037
5Paul Morris British National Party 1,447
6Jessica Barnecutt Green Party 584
7Robin Tilbrook English Democrats 491
8James Sapwell Independent 263
9Danny Attfield Independent 113

Electorate 69,309 · Turnout 73.0% · Majority 16,921 · Back to 2010 overview

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.