UK general elections › 2010 › Elmet and Rothwell
Elmet and Rothwell — 2010
Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,778 votes— 42.6% of 55,789 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. 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,789
| 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 | Alec Shelbrooke | Conservative Party | 23,778 | 42.6% | −7.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Lewis | Labour Party | 19,257 | 34.5% | — | |
| 3 | Stewart Golton | Liberal Democrats | 9,109 | 16.3% | — | |
| 4 | Sam Clayton | British National Party | 1,802 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Darren Oddy | UK Independence Party | 1,593 | 2.9% | — | |
| 6 | Christopher Nolan | Independent | 250 | 0.4% | — |
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.