2010 General Election
The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 10 candidates ran for election.
Summary
CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
14,413
Electorate
72,816
Turnout
64.5%
You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.
Share of the vote
The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.
Breakdown
The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.
| Candidate/Party | Votes | Share | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Dinenage, Caroline
Conservative
|
24,300 | 51.8% | 7.0% |
|
|
Hylands, Rob
Liberal Democrat
|
9,887 | 21.1% | 4.5% |
|
|
Giles, Graham
Labour
|
7,944 | 16.9% | -14.5% |
|
|
Rice, Andrew
UK Independence Party
|
1,496 | 3.2% | -1.1% |
|
|
Bennett, Barry
British National Party
|
1,004 | 2.1% | 2.1% |
|
|
Shaw, Bob
English Democrats
|
622 | 1.3% | 1.3% |
|
|
Smith, Andrea Claire
Green Party
|
573 | 1.2% | -1.7% |
|
|
Smith, David
Independent
|
493 | 1.1% | 1.1% |
|
|
Read, Charles
Independent
|
331 | 0.7% | 0.7% |
|
|
Hart, Brian
Independent
|
289 | 0.6% | 0.6% |