UK general elections › 2010 › Chatham and Aylesford
Chatham and Aylesford — 2010
Tracey Crouch (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,230 votes— 46.2% of 43,807 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. 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,807
| 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 | Tracey Crouch | Conservative Party | 20,230 | −3.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jonathan Shaw | Labour Party | 14,161 | — | ||
| 3 | John McClintock | Liberal Democrats | 5,832 | — | ||
| 4 | Colin McCarthy-Stewart | British National Party | 1,365 | — | ||
| 5 | Steve Newton | UK Independence Party | 1,314 | — | ||
| 6 | Sean Varnham | English Democrats | 400 | — | ||
| 7 | Dave Arthur | Green Party | 396 | — | ||
| 8 | Maureen Smith | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 109 | — |
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.