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Rugby — 2010

Mark Pawsey (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,901 votes44.0% of 47,468 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. 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,468

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
1Mark Pawsey Conservative Party 20,901−6.0 ptsElected
2Andy King Labour Party 14,901
3Jerry Roodhouse Liberal Democrats 9,434
4Mark Badrick British National Party 1,375
5Roy Sandison Green Party 451
6Barry Milford UK Independence Party 406

Electorate 68,914 · Turnout 68.9% · Majority 6,000 · 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.