UK general elections › 2010 › Central Devon
Central Devon — 2010
Mel Stride (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,737 votes— 51.5% of 53,873 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,873
| 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 | Mel Stride | Conservative Party | 27,737 | 51.5% | +1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Phil Hutty | Liberal Democrats | 18,507 | 34.4% | — | |
| 3 | Moira Macdonald | Labour Party | 3,715 | 6.9% | — | |
| 4 | Bob Edwards | UK Independence Party | 2,870 | 5.3% | — | |
| 5 | Colin Matthews | Green Party | 1,044 | 1.9% | — |
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.