UK general elections2010 › Crawley

Crawley — 2010

Henry Smith (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,264 votes44.8% of 47,504 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. 44.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,504

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
1Henry Smith Conservative Party 21,264−5.2 ptsElected
2Chris Oxlade Labour Party 15,336
3John Vincent Liberal Democrats 6,844
4Richard Trower British National Party 1,672
5Chris French UK Independence Party 1,382
6Phil Smith Green Party 598
7Arshad Khan Justice Party 265
8Andrew Hubner Independent 143

Electorate 72,781 · Turnout 65.3% · Majority 5,928 · 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.