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