UK general elections › 2010 › Norwich North
Norwich North — 2010
Chloe Smith (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,280 votes— 40.6% of 42,573 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. 40.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,573
| 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 | Chloe Smith | Conservative Party | 17,280 | 40.6% | −9.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Cook | Labour Party | 13,379 | 31.4% | — | |
| 3 | David Stephen | Liberal Democrats | 7,783 | 18.3% | — | |
| 4 | Glenn Tingle | UK Independence Party | 1,878 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Jessica Goldfinch | Green Party | 1,245 | 2.9% | — | |
| 6 | Thomas Richardson | British National Party | 747 | 1.8% | — | |
| 7 | Bill Holden | Independent | 143 | 0.3% | — | |
| 8 | Andrew Holland | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 118 | 0.3% | — |
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.