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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 18,805−10.5 ptsElected
2Cheryl Pidgeon Labour Party 16,304
3Martin Garnett Liberal Democrats 8,343
4Mark Bailey British National Party 2,337
5Jodie Sutton UK Independence Party 855
6Lee Fletcher Green Party 534
7Luke Wilkins Independent 464

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.