UK general elections › 2010 › City of Chester
City of Chester — 2010
Stephen Mosley (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,995 votes— 40.6% of 46,790 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. 40.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,790
| 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 | Stephen Mosley | Conservative Party | 18,995 | 40.6% | −9.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christine Russell | Labour Party | 16,412 | 35.1% | — | |
| 3 | Elizabeth Jewkes | Liberal Democrats | 8,930 | 19.1% | — | |
| 4 | Alan Weddell | UK Independence Party | 1,225 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Ed Abrams | English Democrats | 594 | 1.3% | — | |
| 6 | Tom Barker | Green Party | 535 | 1.1% | — | |
| 7 | John Whittingham | Independent | 99 | 0.2% | — |
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.