UK general elections2010 › Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Sittingbourne and Sheppey — 2010

Gordon Henderson (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,313 votes50.0% of 48,578 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. 0.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,578

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
1Gordon Henderson Conservative Party 24,3130.0 ptsElected
2Angela Harrison Labour Party 11,930
3Keith Nevols Liberal Democrats 7,943
4Ian Davison UK Independence Party 2,610
5Lawrence Tames British National Party 1,305
6Mad Mike Young Official Monster Raving Loony Party 319
7David Cassidy Independent 158

Electorate 75,855 · Turnout 64.0% · Majority 12,383 · 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.