UK general elections › 2010 › Chorley
Chorley — 2010
Lindsay Hoyle (Labour Party) was elected with 21,515 votes— 43.2% of 49,774 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. 43.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,774
| 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 | Lindsay Hoyle | Labour Party | 21,515 | −6.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Alan Cullens | Conservative Party | 18,922 | — | ||
| 3 | Stephen Fenn | Liberal Democrats | 6,957 | — | ||
| 4 | Nick Hogan | UK Independence Party | 2,021 | — | ||
| 5 | Chris Curtis | Independent | 359 | — |
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.