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Lewes — 2010

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 26,048 votes52.0% 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 26,04852.0%+2.0 ptsElected
2Jason Sugarman Conservative Party 18,40136.7%
3Hratche Koundarjian Labour Party 2,5085.0%
4Peter Charlton UK Independence Party 1,7283.4%
5Susan Murray Green Party 7291.5%
6David Lloyd British National Party 5941.2%
7Ondrej Soucek Independent 800.2%

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.