UK general elections › 2010 › Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds — 2010
David Ruffley (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,899 votes— 47.5% of 58,718 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. 47.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,718
| 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 | David Ruffley | Conservative Party | 27,899 | 47.5% | −2.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Chappell | Liberal Democrats | 15,519 | 26.4% | — | |
| 3 | Kevin Hind | Labour Party | 9,776 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | John Howlett | UK Independence Party | 3,003 | 5.1% | — | |
| 5 | Mark Ereira-Guyer | Green Party | 2,521 | 4.3% | — |
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.