UK general elections › 2010 › Gravesham
Gravesham — 2010
Adam Holloway (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,956 votes— 48.5% of 47,303 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. 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,303
| 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 | Adam Holloway | Conservative Party | 22,956 | −1.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Kathryn Smith | Labour Party | 13,644 | — | ||
| 3 | Anna Arrowsmith | Liberal Democrats | 6,293 | — | ||
| 4 | Geoffrey Clark | UK Independence Party | 2,265 | — | ||
| 5 | Steven Uncles | English Democrats | 1,005 | — | ||
| 6 | Richard Crawford | Green Party | 675 | — | ||
| 7 | Alice Dartnell | Independent | 465 | — |
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.