UK general elections › 2010 › Christchurch
Christchurch — 2010
Christopher Chope (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,888 votes— 56.4% of 49,416 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,416
| 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 | Christopher Chope | Conservative Party | 27,888 | 56.4% | +6.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Martyn Hurll | Liberal Democrats | 12,478 | 25.3% | — | |
| 3 | Robert Deeks | Labour Party | 4,849 | 9.8% | — | |
| 4 | David Williams | UK Independence Party | 4,201 | 8.5% | — |
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.