UK general elections › 2010 › Southend West
Southend West — 2010
David Amess (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,086 votes— 46.1% of 43,606 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. 46.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,606
| 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 Amess | Conservative Party | 20,086 | 46.1% | −3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Welch | Liberal Democrats | 12,816 | 29.4% | — | |
| 3 | Thomas Flynn | Labour Party | 5,850 | 13.4% | — | |
| 4 | Gary Cockrill | UK Independence Party | 1,714 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Tony Gladwin | British National Party | 1,333 | 3.1% | — | |
| 6 | Barry Bolton | Green Party | 644 | 1.5% | — | |
| 7 | Dr Vel | Independent | 617 | 1.4% | — | |
| 8 | Terry Phillips | English Democrats | 546 | 1.3% | — |
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.