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Clacton — 2010

Douglas Carswell (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,867 votes— 53.0% of 43,123 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,123

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
1Douglas Carswell Conservative Party 22,867+3.0 ptsElected
2Ivan Henderson Labour Party 10,799—
3Michael Green Liberal Democrats 5,577—
4Jim Taylor British National Party 1,975—
5Terry Allen Tendring First 1,078—
6Chris Southall Green Party 535—
7Christopher Humphrey Independent 292—

Electorate 67,194 · Turnout 64.2% · Majority 12,068 · 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.