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