Election for the constituency of Torbay on 6 May 2010

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

Liberal Democrats hold by Adrian Sanders with a majority of 4,078 - 8.3% - on a turnout of 64.5%.

An electorate of 76,244, having a valid vote count of 49,210 and an invalid vote count of 36.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SANDERS, Adrian LD 23,126 47.0% 5.2%
WOOD, Marcus Con 19,048 38.7% 2.9%
PEDRICK-FRIEND, David Lab 3,231 6.6% -7.9%
PARROTT, Julien UKIP 2,628 5.3% -2.7%
CONWAY, Ann BNP 709 1.4% -
MOSS, Sam Green 468 1.0% -

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

Result declared at 01:10 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 Torbay 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.