Portsmouth South (Constituency) 2010 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2010 general election.

Liberal Democrat Hold

Hancock, Mike

Majority

5,200

Electorate

70,242

Turnout

58.7%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Hancock, Mike	LD	18,921	45.9	4.2
Drummond, Flick	Con	13,721	33.3	-0.4
Ferrett, John	Lab	5,640	13.7	-8.7
Martin, Christopher *	UKIP	876	2.1	-0.2
Crompton, Geoff *	BNP	873	2.1	2.1
Dawes, Tim *	Green	716	1.7	1.7
DuCan, Ian *	Eng Dem	400	1.0	1.0
Cummings, Les *	JACP	117	0.3	0.3

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	LD	Con	Lab	UKIP	BNP	Green	Eng Dem	JACP
2005	41.6%	33.6%	22.4%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	45.9%	33.3%	13.7%	2.1%	2.1%	1.7%	1.0%	0.3%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.