Election for the constituency of Witney on 6 May 2010

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

Conservative hold by David Cameron with a majority of 22,740 - 39.4% - on a turnout of 73.3%.

An electorate of 78,766, having a valid vote count of 57,769 and an invalid vote count of 117.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
CAMERON, David Con 33,973 58.8% 9.4%
BARNES, Dawn LD 11,233 19.4% -3.1%
GOLDBERG, Joe Lab 7,511 13.0% -9.4%
MACDONALD, Stuart Green 2,385 4.1% 1.0%
TOLSTOY-MILOSLAVSKY, Nikolai UKIP 2,001 3.5% 0.9%
HOPE, Howling 'Laud' MRLP 234 0.4% -
WESSON, Paul Ind 166 0.3% -
COOK, Johnnie Ind 151 0.3% -
BEX, Colin WR 62 0.1% -
BARSCHAK, Aaron Ind 53 0.1% -

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

Result declared at 02:57 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 Witney 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.