UK general elections › 2010 › Rossendale and Darwen
Rossendale and Darwen — 2010
Jake Berry (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,691 votes— 41.8% 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
| 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 | Jake Berry | Conservative Party | 19,691 | 41.8% | −8.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Janet Anderson | Labour Party | 15,198 | 32.2% | — | |
| 3 | Bob Sheffield | Liberal Democrats | 8,541 | 18.1% | — | |
| 4 | David Duthie | UK Independence Party | 1,617 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Kevin Bryan | National Front | 1,062 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Johnson | English Democrats | 663 | 1.4% | — | |
| 7 | Tony Melia | Impact Party | 243 | 0.5% | — | |
| 8 | Mike Sivieri | Independent | 113 | 0.2% | — |
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.