UK general elections › 2010 › Exeter
Exeter — 2010
Ben Bradshaw (Labour Party) was elected with 19,942 votes— 38.2% of 52,247 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. 38.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,247
| 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 | Ben Bradshaw | Labour Party | 19,942 | −11.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Hannah Foster | Conservative Party | 17,221 | — | ||
| 3 | Graham Oakes | Liberal Democrats | 10,581 | — | ||
| 4 | Keith Crawford | UK Independence Party | 1,930 | — | ||
| 5 | Chris Gale | Liberal | 1,108 | — | ||
| 6 | Paula Black | Green Party | 792 | — | ||
| 7 | Robert Farmer | British National Party | 673 | — |
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.