UK general elections › 2010 › Rochford and Southend East
Rochford and Southend East — 2010
James Duddridge (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,509 votes— 46.9% of 41,631 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. 46.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,631
| 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 | James Duddridge | Conservative Party | 19,509 | 46.9% | −3.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kevin Bonavia | Labour Party | 8,459 | 20.3% | — | |
| 3 | Graham Longley | Liberal Democrats | 8,084 | 19.4% | — | |
| 4 | James Moyies | UK Independence Party | 2,405 | 5.8% | — | |
| 5 | Geoff Strobridge | British National Party | 1,856 | 4.5% | — | |
| 6 | Andrew Vaughan | Green Party | 707 | 1.7% | — | |
| 7 | Anthonty Chytry | Independent | 611 | 1.5% | — |
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.