UK general elections › 2010 › North East Somerset
North East Somerset — 2010
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,130 votes— 41.3% of 51,203 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. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,203
| 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 | Jacob Rees-Mogg | Conservative Party | 21,130 | 41.3% | −8.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Dan Norris | Labour Party | 16,216 | 31.7% | — | |
| 3 | Gail Coleshill | Liberal Democrats | 11,433 | 22.3% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Sandell | UK Independence Party | 1,754 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Michael Jay | Green Party | 670 | 1.3% | — |
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.