UK general elections › 2010 › High Peak
High Peak — 2010
Andrew Bingham (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,587 votes— 40.9% of 50,337 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. 40.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,337
| 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 | Andrew Bingham | Conservative Party | 20,587 | 40.9% | −9.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Caitlin Bisknell | Labour Party | 15,910 | 31.6% | — | |
| 3 | Alistair Stevens | Liberal Democrats | 10,993 | 21.8% | — | |
| 4 | Sylvia Hall | UK Independence Party | 1,690 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Allen | Green Party | 922 | 1.8% | — | |
| 6 | Lance Dowson | Independent | 161 | 0.3% | — | |
| 7 | Tony Alves | Independent | 74 | 0.1% | — |
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.