UK general elections2010 › New Forest West

New Forest West — 2010

Desmond Swayne (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,980 votes58.8% of 47,572 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,572

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
1Desmond Swayne Conservative Party 27,98058.8%+8.8 ptsElected
2Mike Plummer Liberal Democrats 11,08423.3%
3Janice Hurne Labour Party 4,6669.8%
4Martin Lyon UK Independence Party 2,7835.9%
5Janet Richards Green Party 1,0592.2%

Electorate 68,332 · Turnout 69.6% · Majority 16,896 · 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.