UK general elections › 2010 › Battersea
Battersea — 2010
Jane Ellison (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,103 votes— 47.3% 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
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Ellison | Conservative Party | 23,103 | 47.3% | −2.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Martin Linton | Labour Party | 17,126 | 35.1% | — | |
| 3 | Layla Moran | Liberal Democrats | 7,176 | 14.7% | — | |
| 4 | Guy Evans | Green Party | 559 | 1.1% | — | |
| 5 | Christopher MacDonald | UK Independence Party | 505 | 1.0% | — | |
| 6 | Hugh Salmon | Hugh Salmon for Battersea Party | 168 | 0.3% | — | |
| 7 | Tom Fox | Independent | 155 | 0.3% | — |
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.