UK general elections2010 › Rutland and Melton

Rutland and Melton — 2010

Alan Duncan (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,228 votes51.1% of 55,220 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,220

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
1Alan Duncan Conservative Party 28,22851.1%+1.1 ptsElected
2Grahame Hudson Liberal Democrats 14,22825.8%
3John Morgan Labour Party 7,89314.3%
4Peter Baker UK Independence Party 2,5264.6%
5Keith Addison British National Party 1,7573.2%
6Leigh Higgins Independent 5881.1%

Electorate 77,185 · Turnout 71.5% · Majority 14,000 · 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.