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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 24,37852.1%+2.1 ptsElected
2Joe Naitta Liberal Democrats 10,51222.5%
3Colin Swindell Labour Party 9,06119.4%
4Ian Guiver UK Independence Party 1,7793.8%
5Josh Stockell Green Party 7721.7%
6Nick The Flying Brick Delves Official Monster Raving Loony Party 2280.5%
7Amila Y'mech Humanity 500.1%

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.