Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 South West, England - Elections contested 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.
Read the House of Commons Library briefing.
| Constituency | Candidate | Electorate | Turnout | Votes | Vote share | Vote change | Position |
| Bath | FOSTER, Don | 66,686 | 70.6% | 26,651 | 56.6% | 11.2% | 1st |
| Bournemouth East | NORTHOVER, Lisa | 71,125 | 61.9% | 13,592 | 30.9% | -0.4% | 2nd |
| Bournemouth West | MURRAY, Alasdair | 71,753 | 58.1% | 13,225 | 31.7% | -0.2% | 2nd |
| Bridgwater and West Somerset | BUTT PHILIP, Theodore | 82,180 | 66.3% | 15,426 | 28.3% | 5.7% | 2nd |
| Bristol East | POPHAM, Michael | 69,448 | 64.8% | 10,993 | 24.4% | 4.7% | 3rd |
| Bristol North West | HARROD, Paul | 73,469 | 68.5% | 15,841 | 31.5% | 6.6% | 2nd |
| Bristol South | WRIGHT, Mark | 78,579 | 61.6% | 13,866 | 28.7% | 4.9% | 2nd |
| Bristol West | WILLIAMS, Stephen | 82,728 | 66.9% | 26,593 | 48.0% | 9.0% | 1st |
| Camborne and Redruth | GOLDSWORTHY, Julia | 63,975 | 66.4% | 15,903 | 37.4% | 1.6% | 2nd |
| Central Devon | HUTTY, Phil | 71,203 | 75.7% | 18,507 | 34.4% | -4.4% | 2nd |
| Cheltenham | HORWOOD, Martin | 78,998 | 66.8% | 26,659 | 50.5% | 11.1% | 1st |
| Chippenham | HAMES, Duncan | 72,106 | 72.6% | 23,970 | 45.8% | 3.3% | 1st |
| Christchurch | HURLL, Martyn | 68,859 | 71.8% | 12,478 | 25.3% | 1.2% | 2nd |
| Devizes | HORNBY, Fiona | 67,379 | 68.8% | 12,514 | 27.0% | 4.7% | 2nd |
| East Devon | ROBATHAN, David | 73,109 | 72.6% | 16,548 | 31.2% | 3.1% | 2nd |
| Exeter | OAKES, Graham | 77,158 | 67.7% | 10,581 | 20.3% | -0.7% | 3rd |
| Filton and Bradley Stoke | TYZACK, Peter | 69,003 | 70.0% | 12,197 | 25.3% | -3.1% | 3rd |
| Forest Of Dean | COLEMAN, Christopher | 68,419 | 71.3% | 10,676 | 21.9% | 4.7% | 3rd |
| Gloucester | HILTON, Jeremy | 79,321 | 64.0% | 9,767 | 19.2% | 5.6% | 3rd |
| Kingswood | FITZHARRIS, Sally | 66,361 | 72.2% | 8,072 | 16.8% | -1.2% | 3rd |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole | BROOKE, Annette | 64,660 | 72.4% | 21,100 | 45.1% | -4.9% | 1st |
| Newton Abbot | YOUNGER-ROSS, Richard | 69,319 | 69.7% | 20,251 | 41.9% | -3.6% | 2nd |
| North Cornwall | ROGERSON, Dan | 67,940 | 68.9% | 22,512 | 48.1% | 5.7% | 1st |
| North Devon | HARVEY, Nick | 74,508 | 68.9% | 24,305 | 47.4% | 0.9% | 1st |
| North Dorset | GASSON, Emily | 73,741 | 73.4% | 20,015 | 37.0% | -0.9% | 2nd |
| North East Somerset | COLESHILL, Gail | 67,881 | 75.4% | 11,433 | 22.3% | 2.7% | 3rd |
| North Somerset | MATHEW, Brian | 77,306 | 75.0% | 20,687 | 35.7% | 5.5% | 2nd |
| North Swindon | LOCK, Jane | 78,384 | 64.2% | 8,668 | 17.2% | 4.4% | 3rd |
| North Wiltshire | EVEMY, Michael | 66,315 | 73.4% | 17,631 | 36.2% | 1.8% | 2nd |
| Plymouth, Moor View | BONAR, Stuart | 68,062 | 61.0% | 7,016 | 16.9% | -2.1% | 3rd |
| Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | EVANS, Judy | 72,938 | 60.2% | 10,829 | 24.7% | 2.1% | 3rd |
| Poole | EADES, Philip | 72,641 | 65.3% | 14,991 | 31.6% | 2.5% | 2nd |
| Salisbury | RADFORD, Nick | 67,430 | 71.9% | 17,893 | 36.9% | 10.0% | 2nd |
| Somerton and Frome | HEATH, David | 81,548 | 74.3% | 28,793 | 47.5% | 3.8% | 1st |
| South Dorset | KAYES, Rosamond | 73,360 | 68.6% | 9,557 | 19.0% | 3.3% | 3rd |
| South East Cornwall | GILLARD, Karen | 71,373 | 69.5% | 19,170 | 38.6% | -8.1% | 2nd |
| South Swindon | HOOTON, Damon | 72,619 | 64.9% | 8,305 | 17.6% | 0.6% | 3rd |
| South West Devon | PASCOE, Anna | 70,813 | 70.4% | 12,034 | 24.1% | 0.3% | 2nd |
| South West Wiltshire | CARBIN, Trevor | 71,647 | 68.4% | 14,954 | 30.5% | 0.3% | 2nd |
| St Austell and Newquay | GILBERT, Stephen | 75,284 | 62.7% | 20,189 | 42.7% | -4.5% | 1st |
| St Ives | GEORGE, Andrew | 66,944 | 68.6% | 19,619 | 42.7% | -9.1% | 1st |
| Stroud | ANDREWARTHA, Dennis | 78,286 | 74.1% | 8,955 | 15.4% | 1.5% | 3rd |
| Taunton Deane | BROWNE, Jeremy | 82,507 | 70.5% | 28,531 | 49.1% | 4.7% | 1st |
| Tewkesbury | CAMERON, Alistair | 76,655 | 70.4% | 19,162 | 35.5% | 7.1% | 2nd |
| The Cotswolds | COLLINS, Mike | 76,729 | 71.5% | 16,211 | 29.6% | 1.5% | 2nd |
| Thornbury and Yate | WEBB, Steve | 64,092 | 75.2% | 25,032 | 51.9% | -2.4% | 1st |
| Tiverton and Honiton | UNDERWOOD, Jonathan | 76,808 | 71.5% | 18,294 | 33.3% | 4.2% | 2nd |
| Torbay | SANDERS, Adrian | 76,244 | 64.5% | 23,126 | 47.0% | 5.2% | 1st |
| Torridge and West Devon | SYMONS, Adam | 77,360 | 71.4% | 22,273 | 40.3% | 3.4% | 2nd |
| Totnes | BRAZIL, Julian | 67,962 | 70.4% | 17,013 | 35.6% | -1.5% | 2nd |
| Truro and Falmouth | TEVERSON, Terrye | 70,598 | 69.1% | 19,914 | 40.8% | -0.1% | 2nd |
| Wells | MUNT, Tessa | 79,432 | 70.3% | 24,560 | 44.0% | 6.1% | 1st |
| West Dorset | FARRANT, Susan | 76,869 | 74.6% | 23,364 | 40.7% | -1.2% | 2nd |
| Weston-Super-Mare | BELL, Mike | 78,487 | 67.2% | 20,665 | 39.2% | 3.1% | 2nd |
| Yeovil | LAWS, David | 82,314 | 69.4% | 31,843 | 55.7% | 4.2% | 1st |
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.
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 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.