UK general elections › 2010 › Mid Derbyshire
Mid Derbyshire — 2010
Pauline Latham (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,877 votes— 48.3% 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
| 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 | Pauline Latham | Conservative Party | 22,877 | 48.3% | −1.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Hardyal Dhindsa | Labour Party | 11,585 | 24.5% | — | |
| 3 | Sally McIntosh | Liberal Democrats | 9,711 | 20.5% | — | |
| 4 | Lewis Allsebrook | British National Party | 1,698 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Anthony Kay | UK Independence Party | 1,252 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | R.U. Seerius | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 219 | 0.5% | — |
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.