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Derbyshire Dales — 2010

Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,378 votes52.1% of 46,780 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,780

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
1Patrick McLoughlin Conservative Party 24,378+2.1 ptsElected
2Joe Naitta Liberal Democrats 10,512
3Colin Swindell Labour Party 9,061
4Ian Guiver UK Independence Party 1,779
5Josh Stockell Green Party 772
6Nick The Flying Brick Delves Official Monster Raving Loony Party 228
7Amila Y'mech Humanity 50

Electorate 63,376 · Turnout 73.8% · Majority 13,866 · 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.