UK general elections2010 › Rugby

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 20,90144.0%−6.0 ptsElected
2Andy King Labour Party 14,90131.4%
3Jerry Roodhouse Liberal Democrats 9,43419.9%
4Mark Badrick British National Party 1,3752.9%
5Roy Sandison Green Party 4511.0%
6Barry Milford UK Independence Party 4060.9%

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.