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North Dorset — 2010

Robert Walter (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,640 votes— 51.1% of 54,141 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,141

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
1Robert Walter Conservative Party 27,640+1.1 ptsElected
2Emily Gasson Liberal Democrats 20,015—
3Mike Bunney Labour Party 2,910—
4Jeremy Nieboer UK Independence Party 2,812—
5Anna Hayball Green Party 546—
6Roger Monksummers Official Monster Raving Loony Party 218—

Electorate 73,741 · Turnout 73.4% · Majority 7,625 · 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.