UK general elections › 2010 › Oxford West and Abingdon
Oxford West and Abingdon — 2010
Nicola Blackwood (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,906 votes— 42.3% of 56,480 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. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,480
| 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 | Nicola Blackwood | Conservative Party | 23,906 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Evan Harris | Liberal Democrats | 23,730 | 42.0% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Stevens | Labour Party | 5,999 | 10.6% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Williams | UK Independence Party | 1,518 | 2.7% | — | |
| 5 | Chris Goodall | Green Party | 1,184 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Keith Mann | Animal Protection Party | 143 | 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.