UK general elections › 2010 › Gloucester
Gloucester — 2010
Richard Graham (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,267 votes— 39.9% of 50,764 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. 39.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,764
| 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 | Richard Graham | Conservative Party | 20,267 | 39.9% | −10.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Parmjit Dhanda | Labour Party | 17,847 | 35.2% | — | |
| 3 | Jeremy Hilton | Liberal Democrats | 9,767 | 19.2% | — | |
| 4 | Mike Smith | UK Independence Party | 1,808 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Alan Platt | English Democrats | 564 | 1.1% | — | |
| 6 | Bryan Meloy | Green Party | 511 | 1.0% | — |
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.