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Halesowen and Rowley Regis — 2010

James Morris (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,115 votes41.2% of 43,979 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. 41.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,979

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
1James Morris Conservative Party 18,11541.2%−8.8 ptsElected
2Sue Hayman Labour Party 16,09236.6%
3Phillip Tibbetts Liberal Democrats 6,51514.8%
4Derek Baddeley UK Independence Party 2,8246.4%
5Derek Thompson Independent 4331.0%

Electorate 63,693 · Turnout 69.0% · Majority 2,023 · 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.