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Witham — 2010

Priti Patel (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,448 votes52.2% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Priti Patel Conservative Party 24,448+2.2 ptsElected
2Margaret Phelps Liberal Democrats 9,252
3John Spademan Labour Party 8,656
4David Hodges UK Independence Party 3,060
5James Abbott Green Party 1,419

Electorate 66,969 · Turnout 69.9% · Majority 15,196 · Back to 2010 overview

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.