UK general elections2010 › Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex — 2010

Nicholas Soames (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,329 votes50.7% of 55,855 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,855

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
1Nicholas Soames Conservative Party 28,329+0.7 ptsElected
2Serena Tierney Liberal Democrats 20,927
3David Boot Labour Party 3,689
4Marc Montgomery UK Independence Party 1,423
5Paul Brown Green Party 645
6Stuart Minihane British National Party 583
7Baron Von Thunderclap Official Monster Raving Loony Party 259

Electorate 77,199 · Turnout 72.4% · Majority 7,402 · 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.