UK general elections › 2010 › Charnwood
Charnwood — 2010
Stephen Dorrell (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,560 votes— 49.6% of 53,542 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. 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,542
| 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 | Stephen Dorrell | Conservative Party | 26,560 | 49.6% | −0.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robin Webber-Jones | Liberal Democrats | 11,531 | 21.5% | — | |
| 3 | Eric Goodyer | Labour Party | 10,536 | 19.7% | — | |
| 4 | Cathy Duffy | British National Party | 3,116 | 5.8% | — | |
| 5 | Miles Storier | UK Independence Party | 1,799 | 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.