UK general elections › 2010 › Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe — 2010
Damian Collins (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,109 votes— 49.4% of 52,800 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. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,800
| 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 | Damian Collins | Conservative Party | 26,109 | −0.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Lynne Beaumont | Liberal Democrats | 15,987 | — | ||
| 3 | Donald Worsley | Labour Party | 5,719 | — | ||
| 4 | Frank McKenna | UK Independence Party | 2,439 | — | ||
| 5 | Harry Williams | British National Party | 1,662 | — | ||
| 6 | Penny Kemp | Green Party | 637 | — | ||
| 7 | David Plumstead | Independent | 247 | — |
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.