UK general elections › 2010 › North Somerset
North Somerset — 2010
Liam Fox (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,549 votes— 49.3% of 57,941 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. 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,941
| 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 | Liam Fox | Conservative Party | 28,549 | 49.3% | −0.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Brian Mathew | Liberal Democrats | 20,687 | 35.7% | — | |
| 3 | Steven Parry-Hearn | Labour Party | 6,448 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | Susan Taylor | UK Independence Party | 2,257 | 3.9% | — |
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.