Election for the constituency of South West Bedfordshire on 6 May 2010

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

Conservative hold by Andrew Selous with a majority of 16,649 - 32.8% - on a turnout of 66.3%.

An electorate of 76,559, having a valid vote count of 50,774 and an invalid vote count of 99.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SELOUS, Andrew Con 26,815 52.8% 4.5%
CANTRILL, Rod LD 10,166 20.0% 3.2%
BONE, Jennifer Lab 9,948 19.6% -10.6%
NEWMAN, Martin UKIP 2,142 4.2% 0.0%
TOLMAN, Mark BNP 1,703 3.4% -

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

Result declared at 01:47 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 South West Bedfordshire 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.