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The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of Bath on 6 May 2010.

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

Liberal Democrats hold by Don Foster with a majority of 11,883 - 25.2% - on a turnout of 70.6%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
FOSTER, Don LD 26,651 56.6% 11.2%
RICHTER, Fabian Con 14,768 31.4% -0.5%
AJDERIAN, Hattie Lab 3,251 6.9% -7.5%
LUCAS, Eric Green 1,120 2.4% -3.6%
WARRENDER, Ernie UKIP 890 1.9% 0.2%
HEWETT, Steve CHP 250 0.5% -
ONYMOUS, Anon Ind 69 0.1% -
GEDDIS, Sean Ind 56 0.1% -
CRAIG, Robert South 31 0.1% -

An electorate of 66,686, having a valid vote count of 47,086 and an invalid vote count of 83.

Result declared at 03:32 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 Bath 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.