UK general elections › 2010 › Cheltenham
Cheltenham — 2010
Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 26,659 votes— 50.5% of 52,786 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,786
| 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 | Martin Horwood | Liberal Democrats | 26,659 | 50.5% | +0.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Coote | Conservative Party | 21,739 | 41.2% | — | |
| 3 | James Green | Labour Party | 2,703 | 5.1% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Bowman | UK Independence Party | 1,192 | 2.3% | — | |
| 5 | Dancing Ken Hanks | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 493 | 0.9% | — |
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.