UK general elections › 2010 › Eastbourne
Eastbourne — 2010
Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 24,658 votes— 47.3% of 52,124 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. 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,124
| 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 | Stephen Lloyd | Liberal Democrats | 24,658 | 47.3% | −2.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nigel Waterson | Conservative Party | 21,223 | 40.7% | — | |
| 3 | Dave Brinson | Labour Party | 2,497 | 4.8% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Shing | Independent | 1,327 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Roger Needham | UK Independence Party | 1,305 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Colin Poulter | British National Party | 939 | 1.8% | — | |
| 7 | Michael Baldry | Independent | 101 | 0.2% | — | |
| 8 | Keith Gell | Independent | 74 | 0.1% | — |
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.