Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 East of England, England - by majority

Parties Constituencies Majorities Vote shares of winning candidates Turnouts Declaration times Non-party candidates

A general election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 45,597,461, having 29,687,604 valid votes and 81,879 invalid votes.

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Ranking Constituency Winning candidate Winning party Majority Valid vote count Majority / valid vote count
1 Rayleigh and Wickford FRANCOIS, Mark Con 22,338 52,343 42.7%
2 Broxbourne WALKER, Charles Con 18,804 45,658 41.2%
3 Maldon WHITTINGDALE, John Con 19,407 47,895 40.5%
4 Hertsmere CLAPPISON, James Con 17,605 47,270 37.2%
5 Welwyn Hatfield SHAPPS, Grant Con 17,423 48,972 35.6%
6 North East Bedfordshire BURT, Alistair Con 18,942 55,552 34.1%
7 Brentwood and Ongar PICKLES, Eric Con 16,921 50,592 33.4%
8 South West Bedfordshire SELOUS, Andrew Con 16,649 50,774 32.8%
9 Braintree NEWMARK, Brooks Con 16,121 49,203 32.8%
10 Epping Forest LAING, Eleanor Con 15,131 46,584 32.5%
11 Witham PATEL, Priti Con 15,196 46,835 32.4%
12 North East Cambridgeshire BARCLAY, Stephen Con 16,425 52,064 31.5%
13 North West Norfolk BELLINGHAM, Henry Con 14,810 47,800 31.0%
14 North East Hertfordshire HEALD, Oliver Con 15,194 50,425 30.1%
15 Basildon and Billericay BARON, John Con 12,338 41,569 29.7%
16 North West Cambridgeshire VARA, Shailesh Con 16,677 58,283 28.6%
17 Saffron Walden HASELHURST, Alan Con 15,242 54,369 28.0%
18 Clacton CARSWELL, Douglas Con 12,068 43,123 28.0%
19 Hitchin and Harpenden LILLEY, Peter Con 15,271 54,707 27.9%
20 Hertford and Stortford PRISK, Mark Con 15,437 55,377 27.9%
21 Mid Bedfordshire DORRIES, Nadine Con 15,152 54,897 27.6%
22 Mid Norfolk FREEMAN, George Con 13,856 50,765 27.3%
23 West Suffolk HANCOCK, Matthew Con 13,050 48,089 27.1%
24 Hemel Hempstead PENNING, Mike Con 13,406 49,471 27.1%
25 South West Norfolk TRUSS, Elizabeth Con 13,140 49,150 26.7%
26 Rochford and Southend East DUDDRIDGE, James Con 11,050 41,631 26.5%
27 South West Hertfordshire GAUKE, David Con 14,920 56,750 26.3%
28 Central Suffolk and North Ipswich POULTER, Daniel Con 13,786 53,420 25.8%
29 North Norfolk LAMB, Norman LD 11,626 49,661 23.4%
30 Harwich and North Essex JENKIN, Bernard Con 11,447 49,000 23.4%
31 Bury St Edmunds RUFFLEY, David Con 12,380 58,718 21.1%
32 Huntingdon DJANOGLY, Jonathan Con 10,819 54,266 19.9%
33 South Norfolk BACON, Richard Con 10,940 54,993 19.9%
34 Luton North HOPKINS, Kelvin Lab 7,520 43,018 17.5%
35 Castle Point HARRIS, Rebecca Con 7,632 45,026 17.0%
36 South Suffolk YEO, Tim Con 8,689 51,416 16.9%
37 Southend West AMESS, David Con 7,270 43,606 16.7%
38 Suffolk Coastal COFFEY, Therese Con 9,128 54,893 16.6%
39 Colchester RUSSELL, Bob LD 6,982 46,139 15.1%
40 Broadland SIMPSON, Keith Con 7,292 52,676 13.8%
41 Cambridge HUPPERT, Julian LD 6,792 50,130 13.5%
42 South Cambridgeshire LANSLEY, Andrew Con 7,838 59,056 13.3%
43 South Basildon and East Thurrock METCALFE, Stephen Con 5,772 44,735 12.9%
44 Harlow HALFON, Robert Con 4,925 43,878 11.2%
45 Peterborough JACKSON, Stewart Con 4,861 44,927 10.8%
46 South East Cambridgeshire PAICE, James Con 5,946 57,602 10.3%
47 Great Yarmouth LEWIS, Brandon Con 4,276 43,057 9.9%
48 Chelmsford BURNS, Simon Con 5,110 54,593 9.4%
49 Norwich North SMITH, Chloe Con 3,901 42,573 9.2%
50 Stevenage MCPARTLAND, Stephen Con 3,578 44,651 8.0%
51 Luton South SHUKER, Gavin Lab / Co-op 2,329 42,216 5.5%
52 Ipswich GUMMER, Benedict Con 2,079 46,941 4.4%
53 St Albans MAIN, Anne Con 2,305 52,835 4.4%
54 Bedford FULLER, Richard Con 1,353 45,102 3.0%
55 Watford HARRINGTON, Richard Con 1,425 55,208 2.6%
56 Waveney ALDOUS, Peter Con 769 51,141 1.5%
57 Norwich South WRIGHT, Simon LD 310 47,551 0.7%
58 Thurrock DOYLE-PRICE, Jackie Con 92 45,821 0.2%