UK general elections › 2010 › Dudley South
Dudley South — 2010
Chris Kelly (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,450 votes— 43.1% of 38,165 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. 43.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,165
| 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 | Chris Kelly | Conservative Party | 16,450 | 43.1% | −6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rachel Harris | Labour Party | 12,594 | 33.0% | — | |
| 3 | Jonathan Bramall | Liberal Democrats | 5,989 | 15.7% | — | |
| 4 | Philip Rowe | UK Independence Party | 3,132 | 8.2% | — |
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.