UK general elections › 2010 › Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead — 2010
Mike Penning (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,721 votes— 50.0% of 49,471 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. 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. 0.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,471
| 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 | Mike Penning | Conservative Party | 24,721 | 50.0% | 0.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Grayson | Liberal Democrats | 11,315 | 22.9% | — | |
| 3 | Ayfer Orhan | Labour Party | 10,295 | 20.8% | — | |
| 4 | Janet Price | British National Party | 1,615 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | David Alexander | UK Independence Party | 1,254 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Mick Young | Independent | 271 | 0.5% | — |
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.