UK general elections › 2010 › North Thanet
North Thanet — 2010
Roger Gale (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,826 votes— 52.7% of 43,343 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,343
| 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 | Roger Gale | Conservative Party | 22,826 | 52.7% | +2.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Michael Britton | Labour Party | 9,298 | 21.5% | — | |
| 3 | Laura Murphy | Liberal Democrats | 8,400 | 19.4% | — | |
| 4 | Rosamund Parker | UK Independence Party | 2,819 | 6.5% | — |
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.