UK general elections › 2010 › Chippenham
Chippenham — 2010
Duncan Hames (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 23,970 votes— 45.8% of 52,385 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. 45.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,385
| 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 | Duncan Hames | Liberal Democrats | 23,970 | −4.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones | Conservative Party | 21,500 | — | ||
| 3 | Greg Lovell | Labour Party | 3,620 | — | ||
| 4 | Julia Reid | UK Independence Party | 1,783 | — | ||
| 5 | Michael Simpkins | British National Party | 641 | — | ||
| 6 | Samantha Fletcher | Green Party | 446 | — | ||
| 7 | John Maguire | English Democrats | 307 | — | ||
| 8 | Richard Sexton | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 118 | — |
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.