UK general elections › 2010 › Hereford and South Herefordshire
Hereford and South Herefordshire — 2010
Jesse Norman (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,366 votes— 46.2% of 48,381 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. 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,381
| 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 | Jesse Norman | Conservative Party | 22,366 | 46.2% | −3.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sarah Carr | Liberal Democrats | 19,885 | 41.1% | — | |
| 3 | Philippa Roberts | Labour Party | 3,506 | 7.2% | — | |
| 4 | Matthew Smith | UK Independence Party | 1,638 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | John Oliver | British National Party | 986 | 2.0% | — |
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.