UK general elections2010 › Carshalton and Wallington

Carshalton and Wallington — 2010

Tom Brake (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 22,180 votes48.3% of 45,918 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. 48.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,918

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
1Tom Brake Liberal Democrats 22,18048.3%−1.7 ptsElected
2Ken Andrew Conservative Party 16,92036.8%
3Shafiqul Khan Labour Party 4,0158.7%
4Francis Day UK Independence Party 1,3482.9%
5Charlotte Lewis British National Party 1,1002.4%
6George Dow Green Party 3550.8%

Electorate 66,524 · Turnout 69.0% · Majority 5,260 · Back to 2010 overview

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.