Election for the constituency of Thornbury and Yate on 6 May 2010

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

Liberal Democrats hold by Steve Webb with a majority of 7,116 - 14.8% - on a turnout of 75.2%.

An electorate of 64,092, having a valid vote count of 48,226 and an invalid vote count of 95.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
WEBB, Steve LD 25,032 51.9% -2.4%
RIDDLE, Matthew Con 17,916 37.2% 6.3%
EGAN, Roxanne Lab 3,385 7.0% -3.8%
KNIGHT, Jenny UKIP 1,709 3.5% 1.8%
BEACHAM, Thomas IFED 126 0.3% -
CLEMENTS, Anthony Ind 58 0.1% -

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

Result declared at 00:48 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 Thornbury and Yate 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.