UK general elections › 2010 › Hitchin and Harpenden
Hitchin and Harpenden — 2010
Peter Lilley (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,869 votes— 54.6% of 54,707 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,707
| 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 | Peter Lilley | Conservative Party | 29,869 | +4.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Nigel Quinton | Liberal Democrats | 14,598 | — | ||
| 3 | Oliver de Botton | Labour Party | 7,413 | — | ||
| 4 | Graham Wilkinson | UK Independence Party | 1,663 | — | ||
| 5 | Richard Wise | Green Party | 807 | — | ||
| 6 | Margaret Henderson | Independent | 109 | — | ||
| 7 | Simon Byron | Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality | 108 | — | ||
| 8 | Eric Hannah | Your Right To Democracy Party Limited | 90 | — | ||
| 9 | Peter Rigby | Independent | 50 | — |
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.