UK general elections › 2010 › Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase — 2010
Aidan Burley (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,271 votes— 40.1% of 45,559 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. 40.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,559
| 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 | Aidan Burley | Conservative Party | 18,271 | −9.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Susan Woodward | Labour Party | 15,076 | — | ||
| 3 | Jon Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 7,732 | — | ||
| 4 | Terence Majorowicz | British National Party | 2,168 | — | ||
| 5 | Malcolm McKenzie | UK Independence Party | 1,580 | — | ||
| 6 | Ron Turville | Independent | 380 | — | ||
| 7 | Royston Jenkins | Get Snouts Out The Trough | 259 | — | ||
| 8 | Mike Walters | Independent | 93 | — |
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.