UK general elections › 2010 › North Swindon
North Swindon — 2010
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,408 votes— 44.6% of 50,295 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. 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,295
| 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 | Justin Tomlinson | Conservative Party | 22,408 | 44.6% | −5.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Victor Agarwal | Labour Party | 15,348 | 30.5% | — | |
| 3 | Jane Lock | Liberal Democrats | 8,668 | 17.2% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Halden | UK Independence Party | 1,842 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Reg Bates | British National Party | 1,542 | 3.1% | — | |
| 6 | Bill Hughes | Green Party | 487 | 1.0% | — |
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.