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Saffron Walden — 2010

Alan Haselhurst (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,155 votes55.5% of 54,369 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,369

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 Haselhurst Conservative Party 30,15555.5%+5.5 ptsElected
2Peter Wilcock Liberal Democrats 14,91327.4%
3Barbara Light Labour Party 5,2889.7%
4Roger Lord UK Independence Party 2,2284.1%
5Chrissie Mitchell British National Party 1,0501.9%
6Karmel Hossain Green Party 7351.4%

Electorate 76,035 · Turnout 71.5% · Majority 15,242 · 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.