UK general elections › 2010 › Norwich South
Norwich South — 2010
Simon Wright (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 13,960 votes— 29.4% of 47,551 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. 29.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −20.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,551
| 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 | Simon Wright | Liberal Democrats | 13,960 | 29.4% | −20.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Charles Clarke | Labour Party | 13,650 | 28.7% | — | |
| 3 | Antony Little | Conservative Party | 10,902 | 22.9% | — | |
| 4 | Adrian Ramsay | Green Party | 7,095 | 14.9% | — | |
| 5 | Steve Emmens | UK Independence Party | 1,145 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Leonard Heather | British National Party | 697 | 1.5% | — | |
| 7 | Gabriel Polley | Workers Revolutionary Party | 102 | 0.2% | — |
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.