UK general elections › 2010 › York Outer
York Outer — 2010
Julian Sturdy (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,912 votes— 43.0% of 53,300 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. 43.0% 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. 53,300
| 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 | Julian Sturdy | Conservative Party | 22,912 | 43.0% | −7.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Madeleine Kirk | Liberal Democrats | 19,224 | 36.1% | — | |
| 3 | James Alexander | Labour Party | 9,108 | 17.1% | — | |
| 4 | Judith Morris | UK Independence Party | 1,100 | 2.1% | — | |
| 5 | Cathy Smurthwaite | British National Party | 956 | 1.8% | — |
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.