UK general elections2010 › Newbury

Newbury — 2010

Richard Benyon (Conservative Party) was elected with 33,057 votes56.4% of 58,589 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,589

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
1Richard Benyon Conservative Party 33,057+6.4 ptsElected
2David Rendel Liberal Democrats 20,809
3Hannah Cooper Labour Party 2,505
4David Black UK Independence Party 1,475
5Adrian Hollister Green Party 490
6Brian Burgess Independent 158
7David Yates Apolitical Democrats 95

Electorate 79,144 · Turnout 74.0% · Majority 12,248 · 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.