UK general elections › 2010 › Bedford
Bedford — 2010
Richard Fuller (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,546 votes— 38.9% of 45,102 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. 38.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,102
| 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 | Richard Fuller | Conservative Party | 17,546 | −11.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Patrick Hall | Labour Party | 16,193 | — | ||
| 3 | Henry Vann | Liberal Democrats | 8,957 | — | ||
| 4 | Mark Adkin | UK Independence Party | 1,136 | — | ||
| 5 | William Dewick | British National Party | 757 | — | ||
| 6 | Ben Foley | Green Party | 393 | — | ||
| 7 | Samrat Bhandari | Independent | 120 | — |
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.