UK general elections › 2010 › Ipswich
Ipswich — 2010
Benedict Gummer (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,371 votes— 39.1% of 46,941 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. 39.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,941
| 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 | Benedict Gummer | Conservative Party | 18,371 | −10.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Chris Mole | Labour Party | 16,292 | — | ||
| 3 | Mark Dyson | Liberal Democrats | 8,556 | — | ||
| 4 | Christopher Streatfield | UK Independence Party | 1,365 | — | ||
| 5 | Dennis Boater | British National Party | 1,270 | — | ||
| 6 | Tim Glover | Green Party | 775 | — | ||
| 7 | Kim Christofi | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 149 | — | ||
| 8 | Peter Turtill | Independent | 93 | — | ||
| 9 | Sally Wainman | Independent | 70 | — |
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.