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Eastleigh — 2010
Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 24,966 votes— 46.5% of 53,650 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. 46.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,650
| 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 | Chris Huhne | Liberal Democrats | 24,966 | 46.5% | −3.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Maria Hutchings | Conservative Party | 21,102 | 39.3% | — | |
| 3 | Leo Barraclough | Labour Party | 5,153 | 9.6% | — | |
| 4 | Ray Finch | UK Independence Party | 1,933 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Tony Pewsey | English Democrats | 249 | 0.5% | — | |
| 6 | Dave Stone | Independent | 154 | 0.3% | — | |
| 7 | Keith Low | National Liberal Party - True Liberalism | 93 | 0.2% | — |
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.