UK general elections › 2010 › Harwich and North Essex
Harwich and North Essex — 2010
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,001 votes— 46.9% of 49,000 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. 46.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,000
| 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 | Bernard Jenkin | Conservative Party | 23,001 | 46.9% | −3.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Raven | Liberal Democrats | 11,554 | 23.6% | — | |
| 3 | Darren Barrenger | Labour Party | 9,774 | 19.9% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Anselmi | UK Independence Party | 2,527 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Stephen Robey | British National Party | 1,065 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Chris Fox | Green Party | 909 | 1.9% | — | |
| 7 | Peter Thompson Bates | Independent | 170 | 0.3% | — |
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.