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 29,810+3.8 ptsElected
2Andrew Lewin Liberal Democrats 14,373
3Steve Terry Labour Party 7,620
4David Sodey UK Independence Party 1,716
5Roy Harris British National Party 1,297
6Loucas Xenophontos Independent 325
7Martin Adams Independent 236

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.