UK general elections › 2010 › Stourbridge
Stourbridge — 2010
Margot James (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,153 votes— 42.7% of 47,234 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. 42.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,234
| 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 | Margot James | Conservative Party | 20,153 | 42.7% | −7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lynda Waltho | Labour Party | 14,989 | 31.7% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Bramall | Liberal Democrats | 7,733 | 16.4% | — | |
| 4 | Maddy Westrop | UK Independence Party | 2,103 | 4.5% | — | |
| 5 | Robert Weale | British National Party | 1,696 | 3.6% | — | |
| 6 | Will Duckworth | Green Party | 394 | 0.8% | — | |
| 7 | Alun Nicholas | Independent | 166 | 0.4% | — |
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.