UK general elections › 2010 › New Forest West
New Forest West — 2010
Desmond Swayne (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,980 votes— 58.8% 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
| 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 | Desmond Swayne | Conservative Party | 27,980 | 58.8% | +8.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mike Plummer | Liberal Democrats | 11,084 | 23.3% | — | |
| 3 | Janice Hurne | Labour Party | 4,666 | 9.8% | — | |
| 4 | Martin Lyon | UK Independence Party | 2,783 | 5.9% | — | |
| 5 | Janet Richards | Green Party | 1,059 | 2.2% | — |
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.