UK general elections › 2010 › East Worthing and Shoreham
East Worthing and Shoreham — 2010
Tim Loughton (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,458 votes— 48.5% of 48,397 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. 48.5% 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. 48,397
| 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 | Tim Loughton | Conservative Party | 23,458 | 48.5% | −1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Doyle | Liberal Democrats | 12,353 | 25.5% | — | |
| 3 | Emily Benn | Labour Party | 8,087 | 16.7% | — | |
| 4 | Michael Glennon | UK Independence Party | 2,984 | 6.2% | — | |
| 5 | Susan Board | Green Party | 1,126 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Clive Maltby | English Democrats | 389 | 0.8% | — |
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.