Results for the UK general election on 6 May 2010 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 |
Yeovil | LAWS, David | 82,314 | 69.4% | 31,843 | 55.7% | 4.2% | 13,036 |
Westmorland and Lonsdale | FARRON, Tim | 66,988 | 76.9% | 30,896 | 60.0% | 14.1% | 12,264 |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | SMITH, Robert | 66,110 | 68.4% | 17,362 | 38.4% | -7.9% | 3,684 |
Wells | MUNT, Tessa | 79,432 | 70.3% | 24,560 | 44.0% | 6.1% | 800 |
Twickenham | CABLE, Vincent | 80,569 | 74.1% | 32,483 | 54.4% | 2.7% | 12,140 |
Torbay | SANDERS, Adrian | 76,244 | 64.5% | 23,126 | 47.0% | 5.2% | 4,078 |
Thornbury and Yate | WEBB, Steve | 64,092 | 75.2% | 25,032 | 51.9% | -2.4% | 7,116 |
Taunton Deane | BROWNE, Jeremy | 82,507 | 70.5% | 28,531 | 49.1% | 4.7% | 3,993 |
Sutton and Cheam | BURSTOW, Paul | 66,658 | 72.8% | 22,156 | 45.7% | -1.2% | 1,608 |
St Ives | GEORGE, Andrew | 66,944 | 68.6% | 19,619 | 42.7% | -9.1% | 1,719 |
St Austell and Newquay | GILBERT, Stephen | 75,284 | 62.7% | 20,189 | 42.7% | -4.5% | 1,312 |
Southport | PUGH, John | 67,200 | 65.1% | 21,707 | 49.6% | 3.3% | 6,024 |
Somerton and Frome | HEATH, David | 81,548 | 74.3% | 28,793 | 47.5% | 3.8% | 1,817 |
Solihull | BURT, Lorely | 76,288 | 72.3% | 23,635 | 42.9% | 3.5% | 175 |
Sheffield, Hallam | CLEGG, Nick | 68,798 | 74.3% | 27,324 | 53.4% | 7.1% | 15,284 |
Ross, Skye and Lochaber | KENNEDY, Charles | 51,836 | 67.2% | 18,335 | 52.6% | -6.1% | 13,070 |
Redcar | SWALES, Ian | 67,127 | 62.5% | 18,955 | 45.2% | 25.0% | 5,214 |
Portsmouth South | HANCOCK, Mike | 70,242 | 58.7% | 18,921 | 45.9% | 4.2% | 5,200 |
Orkney and Shetland | CARMICHAEL, Alistair | 33,085 | 58.5% | 11,989 | 62.0% | 10.5% | 9,928 |
Norwich South | WRIGHT, Simon | 73,649 | 64.6% | 13,960 | 29.4% | -0.6% | 310 |
North Norfolk | LAMB, Norman | 67,851 | 73.2% | 27,554 | 55.5% | 2.3% | 11,626 |
North East Fife | CAMPBELL, Menzies | 62,771 | 63.8% | 17,763 | 44.3% | -7.8% | 9,048 |
North Devon | HARVEY, Nick | 74,508 | 68.9% | 24,305 | 47.4% | 0.9% | 5,821 |
North Cornwall | ROGERSON, Dan | 67,940 | 68.9% | 22,512 | 48.1% | 5.7% | 2,981 |
Mid Dorset and North Poole | BROOKE, Annette | 64,660 | 72.4% | 21,100 | 45.1% | -4.9% | 269 |
Manchester, Withington | LEECH, John | 74,371 | 60.5% | 20,110 | 44.7% | 2.4% | 1,894 |
Lewes | BAKER, Norman | 68,708 | 72.9% | 26,048 | 52.0% | 0.5% | 7,647 |
Leeds North West | MULHOLLAND, Greg | 65,399 | 66.5% | 20,653 | 47.5% | 10.6% | 9,103 |
Kingston and Surbiton | DAVEY, Edward | 81,115 | 70.4% | 28,428 | 49.8% | -1.3% | 7,560 |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | ALEXANDER, Danny | 72,528 | 64.9% | 19,172 | 40.7% | 0.4% | 8,765 |
Hornsey and Wood Green | FEATHERSTONE, Lynne | 78,748 | 69.9% | 25,595 | 46.5% | 3.2% | 6,875 |
Hazel Grove | STUNELL, Andrew | 62,300 | 67.4% | 20,485 | 48.8% | -1.5% | 6,371 |
Gordon | BRUCE, Malcolm | 73,420 | 66.4% | 17,575 | 36.0% | -9.0% | 6,748 |
Edinburgh West | CROCKART, Mike | 65,159 | 71.3% | 16,684 | 35.9% | -13.6% | 3,803 |
Eastleigh | HUHNE, Chris | 77,436 | 69.3% | 24,966 | 46.5% | 8.2% | 3,864 |
Eastbourne | LLOYD, Stephen | 77,840 | 67.0% | 24,658 | 47.3% | 5.6% | 3,435 |
East Dunbartonshire | SWINSON, Jo | 63,795 | 75.2% | 18,551 | 38.7% | -3.1% | 2,184 |
Colchester | RUSSELL, Bob | 74,064 | 62.3% | 22,151 | 48.0% | 0.3% | 6,982 |
Chippenham | HAMES, Duncan | 72,106 | 72.6% | 23,970 | 45.8% | 3.3% | 2,470 |
Cheltenham | HORWOOD, Martin | 78,998 | 66.8% | 26,659 | 50.5% | 11.1% | 4,920 |
Cheadle | HUNTER, Mark | 71,635 | 73.3% | 24,717 | 47.1% | -0.7% | 3,272 |
Ceredigion | WILLIAMS, Mark | 59,882 | 63.9% | 19,139 | 50.0% | 13.5% | 8,324 |
Carshalton and Wallington | BRAKE, Tom | 66,524 | 69.0% | 22,180 | 48.3% | 7.9% | 5,260 |
Cardiff Central | WILLOTT, Jenny | 61,165 | 59.1% | 14,976 | 41.4% | -8.4% | 4,576 |
Cambridge | HUPPERT, Julian | 74,699 | 67.1% | 19,621 | 39.1% | -5.6% | 6,792 |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | THURSO, John | 47,263 | 60.9% | 11,907 | 41.4% | -9.1% | 4,826 |
Burnley | BIRTWISTLE, Gordon | 66,615 | 62.8% | 14,932 | 35.7% | 12.0% | 1,818 |
Bristol West | WILLIAMS, Stephen | 82,728 | 66.9% | 26,593 | 48.0% | 9.0% | 11,366 |
Brent Central | TEATHER, Sarah | 74,046 | 61.2% | 20,026 | 44.2% | 13.1% | 1,345 |
Brecon and Radnorshire | WILLIAMS, Roger | 53,589 | 72.5% | 17,929 | 46.2% | 1.3% | 3,747 |
Bradford East | WARD, David | 65,116 | 62.1% | 13,637 | 33.7% | 3.9% | 365 |
Birmingham, Yardley | HEMMING, John | 72,321 | 56.5% | 16,162 | 39.6% | -2.5% | 3,002 |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | MOORE, Michael | 73,826 | 66.4% | 22,230 | 45.4% | 3.5% | 5,675 |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | BEITH, Alan | 56,578 | 67.9% | 16,806 | 43.7% | -8.9% | 2,690 |
Bermondsey and Old Southwark | HUGHES, Simon | 77,628 | 57.5% | 21,590 | 48.4% | 0.7% | 8,530 |
Bath | FOSTER, Don | 66,686 | 70.6% | 26,651 | 56.6% | 11.2% | 11,883 |
Argyll and Bute | REID, Alan | 67,165 | 67.3% | 14,292 | 31.6% | -4.9% | 3,431 |
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.