UK general elections › 2010 › Rayleigh and Wickford
Rayleigh and Wickford — 2010
Mark Francois (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,257 votes— 57.8% of 52,343 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,343
| 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 | Mark Francois | Conservative Party | 30,257 | 57.8% | +7.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Susan Gaszczak | Liberal Democrats | 7,919 | 15.1% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Le-Surf | Labour Party | 7,577 | 14.5% | — | |
| 4 | John Hayter | English Democrats | 2,219 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Tino Callaghan | UK Independence Party | 2,211 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | Anthony Evennett | British National Party | 2,160 | 4.1% | — |
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.