UK general elections › 2010 › Kettering
Kettering — 2010
Philip Hollobone (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,247 votes— 49.1% of 47,328 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. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,328
| 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 | Philip Hollobone | Conservative Party | 23,247 | −0.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Phil Sawford | Labour Party | 14,153 | — | ||
| 3 | Christopher Nelson | Liberal Democrats | 7,498 | — | ||
| 4 | Clive Skinner | British National Party | 1,366 | — | ||
| 5 | Derek Hilling | English Democrats | 952 | — | ||
| 6 | Dave Bishop | Church of the Militant Elvis Party | 112 | — |
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.