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Buckingham — 2010

John Bercow (Speaker) was elected with 22,860 votes— 47.3% of 48,335 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. 48,335

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
1John Bercow speaker Speaker 22,860−2.7 ptsElected
2John Stevens speaker Independent 10,331—
3Nigel Farage speaker UK Independence Party 8,401—
4Patrick Phillips speaker Independent 2,394—
5Debbie Martin speaker Independent 1,270—
6Lynne Mozar speaker British National Party 980—
7Colin Dale-Mills speaker Official Monster Raving Loony Party 856—
8Geoff Howard speaker Independent 435—
9David Hews speaker Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 369—
10Anthony Watts speaker Independent 332—
11Simon Strutt speaker Cut The Deficit 107—

Electorate 74,989 · Turnout 64.5% · Majority 12,529 · Back to 2010 overview

Data caveats on this contest: speaker. What these mean.

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.