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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 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport on 6 May 2010.

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

Conservative gain from Labour by Oliver Colvile with a majority of 1,149 - 2.6% - on a turnout of 60.2%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
COLVILE, Oliver Con 15,050 34.3% 4.7%
GILROY, Linda Lab / Co-op 13,901 31.7% -9.0%
EVANS, Judy LD 10,829 24.7% 2.1%
LEIGH, Andrew UKIP 2,854 6.5% -0.1%
BROWN, Tony Green 904 2.1% -
GERRISH, Brian Ind 233 0.5% -
HAWKINS, Robert SL 123 0.3% -

An electorate of 72,938, having a valid vote count of 43,894 and an invalid vote count of 139.

Result declared at 05:27 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 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport 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.