UK general elections2010 › Battersea

Battersea — 2010

Jane Ellison (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,103 votes47.3% of 48,792 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,792

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
1Jane Ellison Conservative Party 23,103−2.7 ptsElected
2Martin Linton Labour Party 17,126
3Layla Moran Liberal Democrats 7,176
4Guy Evans Green Party 559
5Christopher MacDonald UK Independence Party 505
6Hugh Salmon Hugh Salmon for Battersea Party 168
7Tom Fox Independent 155

Electorate 74,311 · Turnout 65.7% · Majority 5,977 · 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.