Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 East of England, England - Elections won by Liberal Democrat

A general election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 45,597,461, having 29,687,604 valid votes and 81,879 invalid votes.

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Constituency Candidate Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Vote change Majority
Cambridge HUPPERT, Julian 74,699 67.1% 19,621 39.1% -5.6% 6,792
Colchester RUSSELL, Bob 74,064 62.3% 22,151 48.0% 0.3% 6,982
North Norfolk LAMB, Norman 67,851 73.2% 27,554 55.5% 2.3% 11,626
Norwich South WRIGHT, Simon 73,649 64.6% 13,960 29.4% -0.6% 310

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.

This was the first election on a new set of constituency boundaries in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The vote share calculations in those countries are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.