UK general elections › 2010 › Wellingborough
Wellingborough — 2010
Peter Bone (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,918 votes— 48.2% of 51,661 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. 48.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,661
| 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 Bone | Conservative Party | 24,918 | 48.2% | −1.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jayne Buckland | Labour Party | 13,131 | 25.4% | — | |
| 3 | Kevin Barron | Liberal Democrats | 8,848 | 17.1% | — | |
| 4 | Adrian Haynes | UK Independence Party | 1,636 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Rob Walker | British National Party | 1,596 | 3.1% | — | |
| 6 | Terry Spencer | English Democrats | 530 | 1.0% | — | |
| 7 | Jonathan Hornett | Green Party | 480 | 0.9% | — | |
| 8 | Paul Crofts | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 249 | 0.5% | — | |
| 9 | Gary Donaldson | Independent | 240 | 0.5% | — | |
| 10 | Marcus Lavin | Independent | 33 | 0.1% | — |
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.