UK general elections › 2010 › Harborough
Harborough — 2010
Edward Garnier (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,894 votes— 48.9% of 54,945 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. 48.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,945
| 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 Garnier | Conservative Party | 26,894 | −1.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Zuffar Haq | Liberal Democrats | 17,097 | — | ||
| 3 | Kevin McKeever | Labour Party | 6,981 | — | ||
| 4 | Geoff Dickens | British National Party | 1,715 | — | ||
| 5 | Marietta King | UK Independence Party | 1,462 | — | ||
| 6 | David Ball | English Democrats | 568 | — | ||
| 7 | Jeff Stephenson | Independent | 228 | — |
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.