UK general elections › 2010 › Brighton, Pavilion
Brighton, Pavilion — 2010
Caroline Lucas (Green Party) was elected with 16,238 votes— 31.3% of 51,834 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. 31.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −18.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,834
| 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 | Caroline Lucas | Green Party | 16,238 | 31.3% | −18.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nancy Platts | Labour Party | 14,986 | 28.9% | — | |
| 3 | Charlotte Vere | Conservative Party | 12,275 | 23.7% | — | |
| 4 | Bernadette Millam | Liberal Democrats | 7,159 | 13.8% | — | |
| 5 | Nigel Carter | UK Independence Party | 948 | 1.8% | — | |
| 6 | Ian Fyvie | Socialist Labour Party | 148 | 0.3% | — | |
| 7 | Soraya Kara | Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality | 61 | 0.1% | — | |
| 8 | Leo Atreides | Independent | 19 | 0.0% | — |
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.