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 | 41.5% | −8.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Gold | Conservative Party | 15,753 | 37.5% | — | |
| 3 | Steven Toole | Liberal Democrats | 5,299 | 12.6% | — | |
| 4 | Roberta Woods | British National Party | 1,745 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Ray Adams | UK Independence Party | 1,011 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Arthur Hayles | Green Party | 419 | 1.0% | — | |
| 7 | Mike Tibby | English Democrats | 217 | 0.5% | — | |
| 8 | Andrew Graham | Independent | 104 | 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.