UK general elections2010 › Rossendale and Darwen

Rossendale and Darwen — 2010

Jake Berry (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,691 votes41.8% of 47,128 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. 41.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,128

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Jake Berry Conservative Party 19,691−8.2 ptsElected
2Janet Anderson Labour Party 15,198
3Bob Sheffield Liberal Democrats 8,541
4David Duthie UK Independence Party 1,617
5Kevin Bryan National Front 1,062
6Michael Johnson English Democrats 663
7Tony Melia Impact Party 243
8Mike Sivieri Independent 113

Electorate 73,229 · Turnout 64.4% · Majority 4,493 · Back to 2010 overview

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.