UK general elections › 2010 › Hertsmere
Hertsmere — 2010
James Clappison (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,476 votes— 56.0% of 47,270 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,270
| 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 | James Clappison | Conservative Party | 26,476 | 56.0% | +6.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sam Russell | Labour Party | 8,871 | 18.8% | — | |
| 3 | Anthony Rowlands | Liberal Democrats | 8,210 | 17.4% | — | |
| 4 | David Rutter | UK Independence Party | 1,712 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Daniel Seabrook | British National Party | 1,397 | 3.0% | — | |
| 6 | Arjuna Krishna-Das | Green Party | 604 | 1.3% | — |
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.