UK general elections2010 › Maldon

Maldon — 2010

John Whittingdale (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,661 votes59.8% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1John Whittingdale Conservative Party 28,66159.8%+9.8 ptsElected
2Elfreda Tealby-Watson Liberal Democrats 9,25419.3%
3Swatantra Nandanwar Labour Party 6,07012.7%
4Jesse Pryke UK Independence Party 2,4465.1%
5Len Blain British National Party 1,4643.1%

Electorate 68,777 · Turnout 69.6% · Majority 19,407 · Back to 2010 overview

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.