UK general elections › 2010 › North Dorset
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
| 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 | Robert Walter | Conservative Party | 27,640 | 51.1% | +1.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Emily Gasson | Liberal Democrats | 20,015 | 37.0% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Bunney | Labour Party | 2,910 | 5.4% | — | |
| 4 | Jeremy Nieboer | UK Independence Party | 2,812 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Anna Hayball | Green Party | 546 | 1.0% | — | |
| 6 | Roger Monksummers | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 218 | 0.4% | — |
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.