UK general elections › 2010 › Sherwood
Sherwood — 2010
Mark Spencer (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,211 votes— 39.2% of 48,954 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. 39.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,954
| 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 | Mark Spencer | Conservative Party | 19,211 | 39.2% | −10.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Emilie Oldknow | Labour Party | 18,997 | 38.8% | — | |
| 3 | Kevin Moore | Liberal Democrats | 7,283 | 14.9% | — | |
| 4 | James North | British National Party | 1,754 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Margot Parker | UK Independence Party | 1,490 | 3.0% | — | |
| 6 | Russ Swan | Independent | 219 | 0.4% | — |
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.