UK general elections › 2010 › Wyre Forest
Wyre Forest — 2010
Mark Garnier (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,793 votes— 36.9% of 50,899 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. 36.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,899
| 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 | Mark Garnier | Conservative Party | 18,793 | −13.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Richard Taylor | Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern | 16,150 | — | ||
| 3 | Nigel Knowles | Labour Party | 7,298 | — | ||
| 4 | Neville Farmer | Liberal Democrats | 6,040 | — | ||
| 5 | Michael Wrench | UK Independence Party | 1,498 | — | ||
| 6 | Gordon Howells | British National Party | 1,120 | — |
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.