UK general elections › 2010 › South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire — 2010
Heather Wheeler (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,935 votes— 45.5% of 50,419 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. 45.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,419
| 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 | Heather Wheeler | Conservative Party | 22,935 | −4.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Michael Edwards | Labour Party | 15,807 | — | ||
| 3 | Alexis Diouf | Liberal Democrats | 8,012 | — | ||
| 4 | Peter Jarvis | British National Party | 2,193 | — | ||
| 5 | Charles Swabey | UK Independence Party | 1,206 | — | ||
| 6 | Paul Liversuch | Socialist Labour Party | 266 | — |
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.