UK general elections › 2010 › Brigg and Goole
Brigg and Goole — 2010
Andrew Percy (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,680 votes— 44.9% of 43,874 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. 44.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,874
| 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 | Andrew Percy | Conservative Party | 19,680 | 44.9% | −5.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Cawsey | Labour Party | 14,533 | 33.1% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Nixon | Liberal Democrats | 6,414 | 14.6% | — | |
| 4 | Nigel Wright | UK Independence Party | 1,749 | 4.0% | — | |
| 5 | Steve Ward | British National Party | 1,498 | 3.4% | — |
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.