UK general elections › 2010 › Northampton North
Northampton North — 2010
Michael Ellis (Conservative Party) was elected with 13,735 votes— 34.1% of 40,271 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. 34.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,271
| 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 | Michael Ellis | Conservative Party | 13,735 | −15.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Sally Keeble | Labour Party | 11,799 | — | ||
| 3 | Andrew Simpson | Liberal Democrats | 11,250 | — | ||
| 4 | Ray Beasley | British National Party | 1,316 | — | ||
| 5 | Jim Macarthur | UK Independence Party | 1,238 | — | ||
| 6 | Tony Lochmuller | Green Party | 443 | — | ||
| 7 | Eamonn Fitzpatrick | Independent | 334 | — | ||
| 8 | Timothy Webb | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 98 | — | ||
| 9 | Malcolm Mildren | Independent | 58 | — |
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.