UK general elections › 2010 › Chesterfield
Chesterfield — 2010
Toby Perkins (Labour Party) was elected with 17,891 votes— 39.0% 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
| 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 | Toby Perkins | Labour Party | 17,891 | 39.0% | −11.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Holmes | Liberal Democrats | 17,342 | 37.8% | — | |
| 3 | Carolyn Abbott | Conservative Party | 7,214 | 15.7% | — | |
| 4 | David Phillips | UK Independence Party | 1,432 | 3.1% | — | |
| 5 | Ian Jerram | English Democrats | 1,213 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | Duncan Kerr | Green Party | 600 | 1.3% | — | |
| 7 | John Daramy | Independent | 147 | 0.3% | — |
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.