UK general elections › 2010 › Canterbury
Canterbury — 2010
Julian Brazier (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,050 votes— 44.8% of 49,209 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. 44.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,209
| 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 | Julian Brazier | Conservative Party | 22,050 | 44.8% | −5.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Guy Voizey | Liberal Democrats | 16,002 | 32.5% | — | |
| 3 | Jean Samuel | Labour Party | 7,940 | 16.1% | — | |
| 4 | Howard Farmer | UK Independence Party | 1,907 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Geoff Meaden | Green Party | 1,137 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Anne Belsey | Money Reform Party | 173 | 0.4% | — |
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.