UK general elections › 2010 › Dover
Dover — 2010
Charlie Elphicke (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,174 votes— 44.0% of 50,385 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. 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,385
| 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 | Charlie Elphicke | Conservative Party | 22,174 | −6.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gwyn Prosser | Labour Party | 16,900 | — | ||
| 3 | John Brigden | Liberal Democrats | 7,962 | — | ||
| 4 | Victor Matcham | UK Independence Party | 1,747 | — | ||
| 5 | Dennis Whiting | British National Party | 1,104 | — | ||
| 6 | Mike Walters | English Democrats | 216 | — | ||
| 7 | David Clark | Christian Peoples Alliance | 200 | — | ||
| 8 | George Lee-Delisle | Independent | 82 | — |
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.