Election Results

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Election for the constituency of Maidenhead on 6 May 2010.

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Maidenhead, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Conservative hold by Theresa May with a majority of 16,769 - 31.2% - on a turnout of 73.7%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MAY, Theresa Con 31,937 59.5% 7.6%
HILL, Anthony LD 15,168 28.2% -8.0%
MCDONALD, Pat Lab 3,795 7.1% -2.1%
WIGHT, Kenneth UKIP 1,243 2.3% 0.9%
RAIT, Tim BNP 825 1.5% 0.1%
FORBES, Peter Green 482 0.9% -
PRIOR, Peter FFR 270 0.5% -

An electorate of 72,844, having a valid vote count of 53,720 and an invalid vote count of 87.

Result declared at 04:52 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

This constituency of Maidenhead was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for England. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are calculated from notional results.