UK general elections2010 › North East Hertfordshire

North East Hertfordshire — 2010

Oliver Heald (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,995 votes53.5% of 50,425 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,425

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
1Oliver Heald Conservative Party 26,995+3.5 ptsElected
2Hugh Annand Liberal Democrats 11,801
3David Kirkman Labour Party 8,291
4Adrianne Smyth UK Independence Party 2,075
5Rosemary Bland Green Party 875
6Richard Campbell Independent 209
7David Ralph Your Right To Democracy Party Limited 143
8Phillip Reichardt Independent 36

Electorate 72,200 · Turnout 69.8% · Majority 15,194 · 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.