UK general elections › 2010 › North Shropshire
North Shropshire — 2010
Owen Paterson (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,692 votes— 51.5% of 51,869 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,869
| 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 | Owen Paterson | Conservative Party | 26,692 | 51.5% | +1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Croll | Liberal Democrats | 10,864 | 20.9% | — | |
| 3 | Ian McLaughlan | Labour Party | 9,406 | 18.1% | — | |
| 4 | Sandra List | UK Independence Party | 2,432 | 4.7% | — | |
| 5 | Phillip Reddall | British National Party | 1,667 | 3.2% | — | |
| 6 | Steve Boulding | Green Party | 808 | 1.6% | — |
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.