UK general elections › 2010 › Gainsborough
Gainsborough — 2010
Edward Leigh (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,266 votes— 49.3% of 49,251 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. 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,251
| 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 | Edward Leigh | Conservative Party | 24,266 | 49.3% | −0.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Patrick O'Connor | Liberal Democrats | 13,707 | 27.8% | — | |
| 3 | Jamie McMahon | Labour Party | 7,701 | 15.6% | — | |
| 4 | Steven Pearson | UK Independence Party | 2,065 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Malcolm Porter | British National Party | 1,512 | 3.1% | — |
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.