UK general elections › 2010 › Shrewsbury and Atcham
Shrewsbury and Atcham — 2010
Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,313 votes— 43.9% of 53,045 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. 43.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,045
| 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 | Daniel Kawczynski | Conservative Party | 23,313 | 43.9% | −6.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Charles West | Liberal Democrats | 15,369 | 29.0% | — | |
| 3 | Jon Tandy | Labour Party | 10,915 | 20.6% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Lewis | UK Independence Party | 1,627 | 3.1% | — | |
| 5 | James Whittall | British National Party | 1,168 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Alan Whittaker | Green Party | 565 | 1.1% | — | |
| 7 | James Gollins | Impact Party | 88 | 0.2% | — |
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.