UK general elections › 2010 › Bath

Bath — 2010

Don Foster (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 26,651 votes— 56.6% of 47,086 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,086

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Don Foster Liberal Democrats 26,651+6.6 ptsElected
2Fabian Richter Conservative Party 14,768—
3Hattie Ajderian Labour Party 3,251—
4Eric Lucas Green Party 1,120—
5Ernie Warrender UK Independence Party 890—
6Steve Hewett Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 250—
7Anon Onymous Independent 69—
8Sean Geddis Independent 56—
9Robert Craig All The South Party 31—

Electorate 66,686 · Turnout 70.6% · Majority 11,883 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.