UK general elections › 2010 › Castle Point
Castle Point — 2010
Rebecca Harris (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,806 votes— 44.0% of 45,026 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. 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,026
| 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 | Rebecca Harris | Conservative Party | 19,806 | 44.0% | −6.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bob Spink | Independent Save Our Green Belt | 12,174 | 27.0% | — | |
| 3 | Julian Ware-Lane | Labour Party | 6,609 | 14.7% | — | |
| 4 | Brendan D'Cruz | Liberal Democrats | 4,232 | 9.4% | — | |
| 5 | Philip Howell | British National Party | 2,205 | 4.9% | — |
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.