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Lewes — 2010

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 26,048 votes— 52.0% of 50,088 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,088

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
1Norman Baker Liberal Democrats 26,048+2.0 ptsElected
2Jason Sugarman Conservative Party 18,401—
3Hratche Koundarjian Labour Party 2,508—
4Peter Charlton UK Independence Party 1,728—
5Susan Murray Green Party 729—
6David Lloyd British National Party 594—
7Ondrej Soucek Independent 80—

Electorate 68,708 · Turnout 72.9% · Majority 7,647 · 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.