UK general elections › 2010 › Dartford
Dartford — 2010
Gareth Johnson (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,428 votes— 48.8% of 50,080 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. 48.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,080
| 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 | Gareth Johnson | Conservative Party | 24,428 | 48.8% | −1.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Adams | Labour Party | 13,800 | 27.6% | — | |
| 3 | James Willis | Liberal Democrats | 7,361 | 14.7% | — | |
| 4 | Gary Rogers | English Democrats | 2,178 | 4.3% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Palmer | UK Independence Party | 1,842 | 3.7% | — | |
| 6 | Stephane Tindame | Independent | 264 | 0.5% | — | |
| 7 | John Crockford | Fancy Dress Party | 207 | 0.4% | — |
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.