UK general elections › 2010 › Macclesfield
Macclesfield — 2010
David Rutley (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,503 votes— 47.0% of 50,059 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. 47.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,059
| 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 | David Rutley | Conservative Party | 23,503 | 47.0% | −3.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Roger Barlow | Liberal Democrats | 11,544 | 23.1% | — | |
| 3 | Adrian Heald | Labour Party | 10,164 | 20.3% | — | |
| 4 | Brendan Murphy | The Macclesfield Independent | 2,590 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Jacqueline Smith | UK Independence Party | 1,418 | 2.8% | — | |
| 6 | John Knight | Green Party | 840 | 1.7% | — |
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.