UK general elections › 2010 › Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield — 2010
Grant Shapps (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,894 votes— 57.0% of 48,972 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,972
| 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 | Grant Shapps | Conservative Party | 27,894 | +7.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Mike Hobday | Labour Party | 10,471 | — | ||
| 3 | Paul Zukowskyj | Liberal Democrats | 8,010 | — | ||
| 4 | David Platt | UK Independence Party | 1,643 | — | ||
| 5 | Jill Weston | Green Party | 796 | — | ||
| 6 | Nigel Parker | Independent | 158 | — |
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.