UK general elections › 2010 › South West Hertfordshire
South West Hertfordshire — 2010
David Gauke (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,773 votes— 54.2% of 56,750 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,750
| 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 | David Gauke | Conservative Party | 30,773 | 54.2% | +4.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Colin Townsend | Liberal Democrats | 15,853 | 27.9% | — | |
| 3 | Harinder Mann | Labour Party | 6,526 | 11.5% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Benson | UK Independence Party | 1,450 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Deirdre Gates | British National Party | 1,302 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | James Hannaway | Independent | 846 | 1.5% | — |
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.