UK general elections2010 › Mid Derbyshire

Mid Derbyshire — 2010

Pauline Latham (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,877 votes48.3% of 47,342 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. 48.3% 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. 47,342

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
1Pauline Latham Conservative Party 22,877−1.7 ptsElected
2Hardyal Dhindsa Labour Party 11,585
3Sally McIntosh Liberal Democrats 9,711
4Lewis Allsebrook British National Party 1,698
5Anthony Kay UK Independence Party 1,252
6R.U. Seerius Official Monster Raving Loony Party 219

Electorate 66,074 · Turnout 71.6% · Majority 11,292 · 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.