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