UK general elections › 2010 › Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot — 2010
Anne Morris (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,774 votes— 43.0% of 48,283 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. 43.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,283
| 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 | Anne Morris | Conservative Party | 20,774 | 43.0% | −7.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Younger-Ross | Liberal Democrats | 20,251 | 41.9% | — | |
| 3 | Patrick Canavan | Labour Party | 3,387 | 7.0% | — | |
| 4 | Jackie Hooper | UK Independence Party | 3,088 | 6.4% | — | |
| 5 | Corinne Lindsey | Green Party | 701 | 1.5% | — | |
| 6 | Keith Sharp | Independent | 82 | 0.2% | — |
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.