UK general elections › 2010 › Newark
Newark — 2010
Patrick Mercer (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,590 votes— 53.9% of 51,228 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,228
| 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 | Patrick Mercer | Conservative Party | 27,590 | 53.9% | +3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Campbell | Labour Party | 11,438 | 22.3% | — | |
| 3 | Pauline Jenkins | Liberal Democrats | 10,246 | 20.0% | — | |
| 4 | Tom Irvine | UK Independence Party | 1,954 | 3.8% | — |
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.