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The Wrekin — 2010

Mark Pritchard (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,922 votes47.7% of 45,968 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. 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,968

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Mark Pritchard Conservative Party 21,92247.7%−2.3 ptsElected
2Paul Kalinauckas Labour Party 12,47227.1%
3Alyson Cameron-Daw Liberal Democrats 8,01917.4%
4Malcolm Hurst UK Independence Party 2,0504.5%
5Susan Harwood British National Party 1,5053.3%

Electorate 65,544 · Turnout 70.1% · Majority 9,450 · Back to 2010 overview

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.