UK general elections2010 › Horsham

Horsham — 2010

Francis Maude (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,447 votes52.7% 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 29,44752.7%+2.7 ptsElected
2Godfrey Newman Liberal Democrats 17,98732.2%
3Andrew Skudder Labour Party 4,1897.5%
4Harry Aldridge UK Independence Party 2,8395.1%
5Nick Fitter Green Party 5701.0%
6Steve Lyon Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 4690.8%
7Jim Duggan The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 2530.5%
8Derek Kissach Independent 870.2%

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.