UK general elections › 2010 › Maldon
Maldon — 2010
John Whittingdale (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,661 votes— 59.8% of 47,895 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,895
| 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 | John Whittingdale | Conservative Party | 28,661 | 59.8% | +9.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Elfreda Tealby-Watson | Liberal Democrats | 9,254 | 19.3% | — | |
| 3 | Swatantra Nandanwar | Labour Party | 6,070 | 12.7% | — | |
| 4 | Jesse Pryke | UK Independence Party | 2,446 | 5.1% | — | |
| 5 | Len Blain | British National Party | 1,464 | 3.1% | — |
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.