UK general elections › 2010 › East Yorkshire
East Yorkshire — 2010
Greg Knight (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,328 votes— 47.5% of 51,254 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. 47.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,254
| 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 | Greg Knight | Conservative Party | 24,328 | −2.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Robert Adamson | Liberal Democrats | 10,842 | — | ||
| 3 | Paul Rounding | Labour Party | 10,401 | — | ||
| 4 | Chris Daniels | UK Independence Party | 2,142 | — | ||
| 5 | Gary Pudsey | British National Party | 1,865 | — | ||
| 6 | Ray Allerston | Social Democratic Party | 914 | — | ||
| 7 | Mike Jackson | Green Party | 762 | — |
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.