UK general elections › 2010 › Hove
Hove — 2010
Mike Weatherley (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,294 votes— 36.7% of 49,819 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. 36.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,819
| 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 | Mike Weatherley | Conservative Party | 18,294 | 36.7% | −13.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Celia Barlow | Labour Party | 16,426 | 33.0% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Elgood | Liberal Democrats | 11,240 | 22.6% | — | |
| 4 | Ian Davey | Green Party | 2,568 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Perrin | UK Independence Party | 1,206 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Brian Ralfe | Independent | 85 | 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.