UK general elections2010 › Bath

Bath — 2010

Don Foster (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 26,651 votes56.6% 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 26,65156.6%+6.6 ptsElected
2Fabian Richter Conservative Party 14,76831.4%
3Hattie Ajderian Labour Party 3,2516.9%
4Eric Lucas Green Party 1,1202.4%
5Ernie Warrender UK Independence Party 8901.9%
6Steve Hewett Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 2500.5%
7Anon Onymous Independent 690.1%
8Sean Geddis Independent 560.1%
9Robert Craig All The South Party 310.1%

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.