UK general elections › 2010 › Eltham
Eltham — 2010
Clive Efford (Labour Party) was elected with 17,416 votes— 41.5% of 41,964 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. 41.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,964
| 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 | Clive Efford | Labour Party | 17,416 | −8.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | David Gold | Conservative Party | 15,753 | — | ||
| 3 | Steven Toole | Liberal Democrats | 5,299 | — | ||
| 4 | Roberta Woods | British National Party | 1,745 | — | ||
| 5 | Ray Adams | UK Independence Party | 1,011 | — | ||
| 6 | Arthur Hayles | Green Party | 419 | — | ||
| 7 | Mike Tibby | English Democrats | 217 | — | ||
| 8 | Andrew Graham | Independent | 104 | — |
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.