UK general elections › 2010 › South Basildon and East Thurrock
South Basildon and East Thurrock — 2010
Stephen Metcalfe (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,624 votes— 43.9% of 44,735 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. 44,735
| 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 | Stephen Metcalfe | Conservative Party | 19,624 | 43.9% | −6.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Angela Smith | Labour Party | 13,852 | 31.0% | — | |
| 3 | Geoff Williams | Liberal Democrats | 5,977 | 13.4% | — | |
| 4 | Kerry Smith | UK Independence Party | 2,639 | 5.9% | — | |
| 5 | Christopher Roberts | British National Party | 2,518 | 5.6% | — | |
| 6 | N. X | Independent | 125 | 0.3% | — |
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.