UK general elections › 2010 › Richmond (Yorks)
Richmond (Yorks) — 2010
William Hague (Conservative Party) was elected with 33,541 votes— 62.8% of 53,412 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,412
| 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 | William Hague | Conservative Party | 33,541 | 62.8% | +12.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lawrence Meredith | Liberal Democrats | 10,205 | 19.1% | — | |
| 3 | Eileen Driver | Labour Party | 8,150 | 15.3% | — | |
| 4 | Leslie Rowe | Green Party | 1,516 | 2.8% | — |
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.