UK general elections › 2010 › Lincoln
Lincoln — 2010
Karl McCartney (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,163 votes— 37.5% of 45,721 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. 37.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,721
| 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 | Karl McCartney | Conservative Party | 17,163 | 37.5% | −12.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gillian Merron | Labour Party | 16,105 | 35.2% | — | |
| 3 | Reginald Shore | Liberal Democrats | 9,256 | 20.2% | — | |
| 4 | Robert West | British National Party | 1,367 | 3.0% | — | |
| 5 | Nick Smith | UK Independence Party | 1,004 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Ernest Coleman | English Democrats | 604 | 1.3% | — | |
| 7 | Gary Walker | Independent | 222 | 0.5% | — |
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.