UK general elections › 2010 › Tamworth
Tamworth — 2010
Chris Pincher (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,238 votes— 45.8% of 46,390 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. 45.8% 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. 46,390
| 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 | Chris Pincher | Conservative Party | 21,238 | 45.8% | −4.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Brian Jenkins | Labour Party | 15,148 | 32.7% | — | |
| 3 | Jenny Pinkett | Liberal Democrats | 7,516 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Smith | UK Independence Party | 2,253 | 4.9% | — | |
| 5 | Charlene Detheridge | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 235 | 0.5% | — |
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.