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Horsham — 2010

Francis Maude (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,447 votes— 52.7% of 55,841 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,841

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
1Francis Maude Conservative Party 29,447+2.7 ptsElected
2Godfrey Newman Liberal Democrats 17,987—
3Andrew Skudder Labour Party 4,189—
4Harry Aldridge UK Independence Party 2,839—
5Nick Fitter Green Party 570—
6Steve Lyon Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 469—
7Jim Duggan The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 253—
8Derek Kissach Independent 87—

Electorate 77,564 · Turnout 72.0% · Majority 11,460 · 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.