UK general elections › 2010 › Oxford East
Oxford East — 2010
Andrew Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 21,938 votes— 42.5% of 51,651 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. 42.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,651
| 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 | Andrew Smith | Labour Party | 21,938 | −7.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Stephen Goddard | Liberal Democrats | 17,357 | — | ||
| 3 | Edward Argar | Conservative Party | 9,727 | — | ||
| 4 | Sushila Dhall | Green Party | 1,238 | — | ||
| 5 | Julia Gasper | UK Independence Party | 1,202 | — | ||
| 6 | David O'Sullivan | Socialist Equality Party | 116 | — | ||
| 7 | Roger Crawford | Equal Parenting Alliance | 73 | — |
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.