UK general elections › 2010 › Hastings and Rye
Hastings and Rye — 2010
Amber Rudd (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,468 votes— 41.1% of 49,814 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. 41.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,814
| 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 | Amber Rudd | Conservative Party | 20,468 | 41.1% | −8.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Michael Foster | Labour Party | 18,475 | 37.1% | — | |
| 3 | Nick Perry | Liberal Democrats | 7,825 | 15.7% | — | |
| 4 | Tony Smith | UK Independence Party | 1,397 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Nicholas Prince | British National Party | 1,310 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | Rod Bridger | English Democrats | 339 | 0.7% | — |
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.