UK general elections › 2010 › Selby and Ainsty
Selby and Ainsty — 2010
Nigel Adams (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,562 votes— 49.4% of 51,728 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. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,728
| 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 | Nigel Adams | Conservative Party | 25,562 | 49.4% | −0.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jan Marshall | Labour Party | 13,297 | 25.7% | — | |
| 3 | Thomas Holvey | Liberal Democrats | 9,180 | 17.7% | — | |
| 4 | Darren Haley | UK Independence Party | 1,635 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Duncan Lorriman | British National Party | 1,377 | 2.7% | — | |
| 6 | Graham Glynn | English Democrats | 677 | 1.3% | — |
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.