Election for the constituency of Twickenham on 6 May 2010

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

Liberal Democrats hold by Vincent Cable with a majority of 12,140 - 20.3% - on a turnout of 74.1%.

An electorate of 80,569, having a valid vote count of 59,721 and an invalid vote count of 125.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
CABLE, Vincent LD 32,483 54.4% 2.7%
THOMAS, Deborah Con 20,343 34.1% 1.7%
TOMLINSON, Brian Lab 4,583 7.7% -3.7%
GILBERT, Brian UKIP 868 1.5% 0.0%
ROEST, Stephen Green 674 1.1% -1.7%
HURST, Chris BNP 654 1.1% -
COLE, Harry CURE 76 0.1% -
ARMSTRONG, Paul MCP 40 0.1% -

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

Result declared at 05:42 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 Twickenham 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.