UK general elections › 2010 › Kensington
Kensington — 2010
Malcolm Rifkind (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,595 votes— 50.1% of 35,150 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,150
| 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 | Malcolm Rifkind | Conservative Party | 17,595 | 50.1% | +0.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sam Gurney | Labour Party | 8,979 | 25.5% | — | |
| 3 | Robin Meltzer | Liberal Democrats | 6,872 | 19.6% | — | |
| 4 | Caroline Pearson | UK Independence Party | 754 | 2.1% | — | |
| 5 | Melan-Zahra Ebrahimi-Fardouee | Green Party | 753 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Eddie Adams | Alliance for Green Socialism | 197 | 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.