UK general elections › 2010 › Scarborough and Whitby
Scarborough and Whitby — 2010
Robert Goodwill (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,108 votes— 42.8% of 49,282 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. 42.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,282
| 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 | Robert Goodwill | Conservative Party | 21,108 | −7.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Annajoy David | Labour Party | 12,978 | — | ||
| 3 | Tania Exley-Moore | Liberal Democrats | 11,093 | — | ||
| 4 | Michael James | UK Independence Party | 1,484 | — | ||
| 5 | Trisha Scott | British National Party | 1,445 | — | ||
| 6 | Dilys Cluer | Green Party | 734 | — | ||
| 7 | Peter Popple | Independent | 329 | — | ||
| 8 | Juliet Boddington | Alliance for Green Socialism | 111 | — |
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.