UK general elections › 2010 › Witham
Witham — 2010
Priti Patel (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,448 votes— 52.2% of 46,835 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,835
| 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 | Priti Patel | Conservative Party | 24,448 | 52.2% | +2.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Margaret Phelps | Liberal Democrats | 9,252 | 19.8% | — | |
| 3 | John Spademan | Labour Party | 8,656 | 18.5% | — | |
| 4 | David Hodges | UK Independence Party | 3,060 | 6.5% | — | |
| 5 | James Abbott | Green Party | 1,419 | 3.0% | — |
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.