UK general elections › 2010 › Hexham
Hexham — 2010
Guy Opperman (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,795 votes— 43.2% of 43,483 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. 43.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,483
| 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 | Guy Opperman | Conservative Party | 18,795 | 43.2% | −6.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Duffield | Liberal Democrats | 13,007 | 29.9% | — | |
| 3 | Antoine Tinnion | Labour Party | 8,253 | 19.0% | — | |
| 4 | Steven Ford | Independent | 1,974 | 4.5% | — | |
| 5 | Quentin Hawkins | British National Party | 1,205 | 2.8% | — | |
| 6 | Colin Moss | Independent | 249 | 0.6% | — |
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.