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Erewash — 2010

Jessica Lee (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,805 votes39.5% of 47,642 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. 39.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,642

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
1Jessica Lee Conservative Party 18,80539.5%−10.5 ptsElected
2Cheryl Pidgeon Labour Party 16,30434.2%
3Martin Garnett Liberal Democrats 8,34317.5%
4Mark Bailey British National Party 2,3374.9%
5Jodie Sutton UK Independence Party 8551.8%
6Lee Fletcher Green Party 5341.1%
7Luke Wilkins Independent 4641.0%

Electorate 69,655 · Turnout 68.4% · Majority 2,501 · 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.