UK general elections › 2010 › Meriden
Meriden — 2010
Caroline Spelman (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,956 votes— 51.7% of 52,162 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,162
| 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 | Caroline Spelman | Conservative Party | 26,956 | +1.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Ed Williams | Labour Party | 10,703 | — | ||
| 3 | Simon Slater | Liberal Democrats | 9,278 | — | ||
| 4 | Frank O'Brien | British National Party | 2,511 | — | ||
| 5 | Barry Allcock | UK Independence Party | 1,378 | — | ||
| 6 | Elly Stanton | Green Party | 678 | — | ||
| 7 | Nikki Sinclaire | Solihull and Meriden Residents Association | 658 | — |
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.