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