UK general elections › 2010 › Cambridge
Cambridge — 2010
Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 19,621 votes— 39.1% of 50,130 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. 39.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,130
| 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 | Julian Huppert | Liberal Democrats | 19,621 | 39.1% | −10.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nick Hillman | Conservative Party | 12,829 | 25.6% | — | |
| 3 | Daniel Zeichner | Labour Party | 12,174 | 24.3% | — | |
| 4 | Tony Juniper | Green Party | 3,804 | 7.6% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Burkinshaw | UK Independence Party | 1,195 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Martin Booth | Cambridge Socialists | 362 | 0.7% | — | |
| 7 | Old Holborn | Independent | 145 | 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.