UK general elections › 2010 › Kingswood
Kingswood — 2010
Chris Skidmore (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,362 votes— 40.4% of 47,906 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. 40.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,906
| 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 | Chris Skidmore | Conservative Party | 19,362 | −9.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Roger Berry | Labour Party | 16,917 | — | ||
| 3 | Sally Fitzharris | Liberal Democrats | 8,072 | — | ||
| 4 | Neil Dowdney | UK Independence Party | 1,528 | — | ||
| 5 | Michael Carey | British National Party | 1,311 | — | ||
| 6 | Nick Foster | Green Party | 383 | — | ||
| 7 | Michael Blundell | English Democrats | 333 | — |
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.