UK general elections2010 › Coventry South

Coventry South — 2010

Jim Cunningham (Labour Party) was elected with 19,197 votes41.8% of 45,924 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. 41.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,924

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
1Jim Cunningham Labour Party 19,19741.8%−8.2 ptsElected
2Kevin Foster Conservative Party 15,35233.4%
3Brian Patton Liberal Democrats 8,27818.0%
4Mark Taylor UK Independence Party 1,7673.8%
5Judy Griffiths Socialist Alternative 6911.5%
6Stephen Gray Green Party 6391.4%

Electorate 73,652 · Turnout 62.4% · Majority 3,845 · 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.