General election for the constituency of New Forest West on 6 May 2010

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

Conservative hold by Desmond Swayne with a majority of 16,896 - 35.5% - on a turnout of 69.6%.

An electorate of 68,332, having a valid vote count of 47,572 and an invalid vote count of 66.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SWAYNE, Desmond Con 27,980 58.8% 2.9%
PLUMMER, Mike LD 11,084 23.3% 4.1%
HURNE, Janice Lab 4,666 9.8% -6.7%
LYON, Martin UKIP 2,783 5.9% 1.7%
RICHARDS, Janet Green 1,059 2.2% -1.9%

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 04:00 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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 New Forest West 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 based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.