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Cannock Chase — 2010

Aidan Burley (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,271 votes40.1% 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

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
1Aidan Burley Conservative Party 18,27140.1%−9.9 ptsElected
2Susan Woodward Labour Party 15,07633.1%
3Jon Hunt Liberal Democrats 7,73217.0%
4Terence Majorowicz British National Party 2,1684.8%
5Malcolm McKenzie UK Independence Party 1,5803.5%
6Ron Turville Independent 3800.8%
7Royston Jenkins Get Snouts Out The Trough 2590.6%
8Mike Walters Independent 930.2%

Electorate 74,508 · Turnout 61.1% · Majority 3,195 · 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.