Elections in The 2010s
| General Election 2010: Maldon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Whittingdale* | 28,661 | 59.8 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Elfreda Tealby-Watson | 9,254 | 19.3 | +4.3 | |
| Labour | Swatantra Nandanwar | 6,070 | 12.7 | -11.5 | |
| UKIP | Jesse Pryke | 2,446 | 5.1 | +0.6 | |
| BNP | Len Blaine | 1,464 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 19,407 | (40.5%) | |||
| Turnout | 47,895 | 69.6 | +6.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
- * Served as MP for the preceeding constituency of Maldon and East Chelmsford since 1997
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