UK general elections › 2010 › North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire — 2010
Natascha Engel (Labour Party) was elected with 17,948 votes— 38.2% of 47,034 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. 38.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,034
| 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 | Natascha Engel | Labour Party | 17,948 | 38.2% | −11.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Huw Merriman | Conservative Party | 15,503 | 33.0% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Bull | Liberal Democrats | 10,947 | 23.3% | — | |
| 4 | James Bush | UK Independence Party | 2,636 | 5.6% | — |
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.