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Chesterfield — 2010

Toby Perkins (Labour Party) was elected with 17,891 votes39.0% of 45,839 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. 39.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,839

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Toby Perkins Labour Party 17,891−11.0 ptsElected
2Paul Holmes Liberal Democrats 17,342
3Carolyn Abbott Conservative Party 7,214
4David Phillips UK Independence Party 1,432
5Ian Jerram English Democrats 1,213
6Duncan Kerr Green Party 600
7John Daramy Independent 147

Electorate 71,878 · Turnout 63.8% · Majority 549 · Back to 2010 overview

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.