UK general elections › 2010 › Rother Valley
Rother Valley — 2010
Kevin Barron (Labour Party) was elected with 19,147 votes— 40.9% of 46,758 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. 40.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,758
| 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 | Kevin Barron | Labour Party | 19,147 | 40.9% | −9.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lynda Donaldson | Conservative Party | 13,281 | 28.4% | — | |
| 3 | Wesley Paxton | Liberal Democrats | 8,111 | 17.3% | — | |
| 4 | Will Blair | British National Party | 3,606 | 7.7% | — | |
| 5 | Tina Dowdall | UK Independence Party | 2,613 | 5.6% | — |
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.