UK general elections2010 › Hertford and Stortford

Hertford and Stortford — 2010

Mark Prisk (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,810 votes53.8% of 55,377 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.8% 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. 55,377

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
1Mark Prisk Conservative Party 29,81053.8%+3.8 ptsElected
2Andrew Lewin Liberal Democrats 14,37326.0%
3Steve Terry Labour Party 7,62013.8%
4David Sodey UK Independence Party 1,7163.1%
5Roy Harris British National Party 1,2972.3%
6Loucas Xenophontos Independent 3250.6%
7Martin Adams Independent 2360.4%

Electorate 78,459 · Turnout 70.6% · Majority 15,437 · 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.