Election for the constituency of Buckingham on 6 May 2010.
An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Buckingham, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.
Speaker gain from Conservative by John Bercow with a majority of 12,529 - 25.9% - on a turnout of 64.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
BERCOW, John | Spk | 22,860 | 47.3% | - |
STEVENS, John | Ind | 10,331 | 21.4% | - |
FARAGE, Nigel | UKIP | 8,401 | 17.4% | 13.9% |
PHILLIPS, Patrick | Ind | 2,394 | 5.0% | - |
MARTIN, Debbie | Ind | 1,270 | 2.6% | - |
MOZAR, Lynne | BNP | 980 | 2.0% | - |
DALE-MILLS, Colin | MRLP | 856 | 1.8% | - |
HOWARD, Geoff | Ind | 435 | 0.9% | - |
HEWS, David | CHP | 369 | 0.8% | - |
WATTS, Anthony | Ind | 332 | 0.7% | - |
STRUTT, Simon | CDP | 107 | 0.2% | - |
An electorate of 74,989, having a valid vote count of 48,335 and an invalid vote count of 1,067.
Result declared at 13:52 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 Buckingham 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.