UK general elections › 2010 › Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport — 2010
Oliver Colvile (Conservative Party) was elected with 15,050 votes— 34.3% of 43,894 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. 34.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,894
| 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 | Oliver Colvile | Conservative Party | 15,050 | −15.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Linda Gilroy | Labour Party | 13,901 | — | ||
| 3 | Judy Evans | Liberal Democrats | 10,829 | — | ||
| 4 | Andrew Leigh | UK Independence Party | 2,854 | — | ||
| 5 | Tony Brown | Green Party | 904 | — | ||
| 6 | Brian Gerrish | Independent | 233 | — | ||
| 7 | Robert Hawkins | Socialist Labour Party | 123 | — |
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.