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Hove — 2010

Mike Weatherley (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,294 votes36.7% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Mike Weatherley Conservative Party 18,29436.7%−13.3 ptsElected
2Celia Barlow Labour Party 16,42633.0%
3Paul Elgood Liberal Democrats 11,24022.6%
4Ian Davey Green Party 2,5685.2%
5Paul Perrin UK Independence Party 1,2062.4%
6Brian Ralfe Independent 850.2%

Electorate 71,720 · Turnout 69.5% · Majority 1,868 · Back to 2010 overview

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.