UK general elections › 2010 › Watford
Watford — 2010
Richard Harrington (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,291 votes— 34.9% of 55,208 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. 34.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,208
| 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 | Richard Harrington | Conservative Party | 19,291 | 34.9% | −15.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sal Brinton | Liberal Democrats | 17,866 | 32.4% | — | |
| 3 | Claire Ward | Labour Party | 14,750 | 26.7% | — | |
| 4 | Andrew Emerson | British National Party | 1,217 | 2.2% | — | |
| 5 | Graham Eardley | UK Independence Party | 1,199 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Ian Brandon | Green Party | 885 | 1.6% | — |
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.