UK general elections › 2010 › Chelmsford
Chelmsford — 2010
Simon Burns (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,207 votes— 46.2% of 54,593 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. 54,593
| 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 | Simon Burns | Conservative Party | 25,207 | −3.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Stephen Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 20,097 | — | ||
| 3 | Peter Dixon | Labour Party | 5,980 | — | ||
| 4 | Ken Wedon | UK Independence Party | 1,527 | — | ||
| 5 | Michael Bateman | British National Party | 899 | — | ||
| 6 | Angela Thomson | Green Party | 476 | — | ||
| 7 | Claire Tilbrook | English Democrats | 254 | — | ||
| 8 | Ben Sherman | Reduce Tax On Beer | 153 | — |
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.