UK general elections2010 › Harlow

Harlow — 2010

Robert Halfon (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,691 votes44.9% of 43,878 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. 44.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,878

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
1Robert Halfon Conservative Party 19,69144.9%−5.1 ptsElected
2Bill Rammell Labour Party 14,76633.7%
3David White Liberal Democrats 5,99013.7%
4Eddy Butler British National Party 1,7394.0%
5John Croft UK Independence Party 1,5913.6%
6Olluyemi Adeeko Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 1010.2%

Electorate 67,583 · Turnout 64.9% · Majority 4,925 · 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.