UK general elections › 2010 › East Devon
East Devon — 2010
Hugo Swire (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,662 votes— 48.3% of 53,092 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. 53,092
| 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 | Hugo Swire | Conservative Party | 25,662 | 48.3% | −1.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Robathan | Liberal Democrats | 16,548 | 31.2% | — | |
| 3 | Gareth Manson | Labour Party | 5,721 | 10.8% | — | |
| 4 | Mike Amor | UK Independence Party | 4,346 | 8.2% | — | |
| 5 | Sharon Pavey | Green Party | 815 | 1.5% | — |
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.