UK general elections › 2010 › North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire — 2010
Andrew Bridgen (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,147 votes— 44.6% of 51,952 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. 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,952
| 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 | Andrew Bridgen | Conservative Party | 23,147 | 44.6% | −5.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ross Willmott | Labour Party | 15,636 | 30.1% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Reynolds | Liberal Democrats | 8,639 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | Ian Meller | British National Party | 3,396 | 6.5% | — | |
| 5 | Danny Green | UK Independence Party | 1,134 | 2.2% | — |
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.