Election for the constituency of Cheltenham on 6 May 2010

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

Liberal Democrats hold by Martin Horwood with a majority of 4,920 - 9.3% - on a turnout of 66.8%.

An electorate of 78,998, having a valid vote count of 52,786 and an invalid vote count of 97.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
HORWOOD, Martin LD 26,659 50.5% 11.1%
COOTE, Mark Con 21,739 41.2% 2.4%
GREEN, James Lab 2,703 5.1% -6.7%
BOWMAN, Peter UKIP 1,192 2.3% 1.0%
HANKS, Dancing Ken MRLP 493 0.9% -

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

Result declared at 14:05 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 Cheltenham 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.