UK general elections › 2010 › Waveney
Waveney — 2010
Peter Aldous (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,571 votes— 40.2% of 51,141 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. 40.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,141
| 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 | Peter Aldous | Conservative Party | 20,571 | 40.2% | −9.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bob Blizzard | Labour Party | 19,802 | 38.7% | — | |
| 3 | Alan Dean | Liberal Democrats | 6,811 | 13.3% | — | |
| 4 | Jack Tyler | UK Independence Party | 2,684 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Graham Elliott | Green Party | 1,167 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Louis Barfe | Independent | 106 | 0.2% | — |
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.