UK general elections › 2010 › Carshalton and Wallington
Carshalton and Wallington — 2010
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 22,180 votes— 48.3% 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
| 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 | Tom Brake | Liberal Democrats | 22,180 | −1.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Ken Andrew | Conservative Party | 16,920 | — | ||
| 3 | Shafiqul Khan | Labour Party | 4,015 | — | ||
| 4 | Francis Day | UK Independence Party | 1,348 | — | ||
| 5 | Charlotte Lewis | British National Party | 1,100 | — | ||
| 6 | George Dow | Green Party | 355 | — |
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.