UK general elections › 2010 › Penrith and The Border
Penrith and The Border — 2010
Rory Stewart (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,071 votes— 53.4% of 45,087 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,087
| 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 | Rory Stewart | Conservative Party | 24,071 | 53.4% | +3.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Thornton | Liberal Democrats | 12,830 | 28.5% | — | |
| 3 | Barbara Cannon | Labour Party | 5,834 | 12.9% | — | |
| 4 | John Stanyer | UK Independence Party | 1,259 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Chris Davidson | British National Party | 1,093 | 2.4% | — |
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.