UK general elections › 2010 › North Devon
North Devon — 2010
Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 24,305 votes— 47.4% of 51,321 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. 47.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,321
| 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 | Nick Harvey | Liberal Democrats | 24,305 | −2.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Philip Milton | Conservative Party | 18,484 | — | ||
| 3 | Stephen Crowther | UK Independence Party | 3,720 | — | ||
| 4 | Mark Cann | Labour Party | 2,671 | — | ||
| 5 | Anne Knight | Green Party | 697 | — | ||
| 6 | Gary Marshall | British National Party | 614 | — | ||
| 7 | Rodney Cann | Independent | 588 | — | ||
| 8 | Nigel Vidler | English Democrats | 146 | — | ||
| 9 | Gerrard Sables | Communist Party of Britain | 96 | — |
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.