UK general elections › 2010 › Colne Valley
Colne Valley — 2010
Jason McCartney (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,440 votes— 37.0% of 55,296 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. 37.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,296
| 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 | Jason McCartney | Conservative Party | 20,440 | 37.0% | −13.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nicola Turner | Liberal Democrats | 15,603 | 28.2% | — | |
| 3 | Debbie Abrahams | Labour Party | 14,589 | 26.4% | — | |
| 4 | Barry Fowler | British National Party | 1,893 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Melanie Roberts | UK Independence Party | 1,163 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Chas Ball | Green Party | 867 | 1.6% | — | |
| 7 | Jackie Grunsell | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 741 | 1.3% | — |
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.