UK general elections › 2010 › Maidstone and The Weald
Maidstone and The Weald — 2010
Helen Grant (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,491 votes— 48.0% of 48,928 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. 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,928
| 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 | Helen Grant | Conservative Party | 23,491 | −2.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Peter Carroll | Liberal Democrats | 17,602 | — | ||
| 3 | Rav Seeruthun | Labour Party | 4,769 | — | ||
| 4 | Gareth Kendall | UK Independence Party | 1,637 | — | ||
| 5 | Stuart Jeffery | Green Party | 655 | — | ||
| 6 | Gary Butler | National Front | 643 | — | ||
| 7 | Heidi Simmonds | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 131 | — |
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.