UK general elections › 2010 › Louth and Horncastle
Louth and Horncastle — 2010
Peter Tapsell (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,065 votes— 49.6% of 50,494 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. 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,494
| 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 Tapsell | Conservative Party | 25,065 | −0.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Fiona Martin | Liberal Democrats | 11,194 | — | ||
| 3 | Patrick Mountain | Labour Party | 8,760 | — | ||
| 4 | Julia Green | British National Party | 2,199 | — | ||
| 5 | Pat Nurse | UK Independence Party | 2,183 | — | ||
| 6 | Daniel Simpson | Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First | 576 | — | ||
| 7 | Colin Mair | English Democrats | 517 | — |
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.