UK general elections2010 › Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport

Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport — 2010

Oliver Colvile (Conservative Party) was elected with 15,050 votes34.3% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Oliver Colvile Conservative Party 15,05034.3%−15.7 ptsElected
2Linda Gilroy Labour Party 13,90131.7%
3Judy Evans Liberal Democrats 10,82924.7%
4Andrew Leigh UK Independence Party 2,8546.5%
5Tony Brown Green Party 9042.1%
6Brian Gerrish Independent 2330.5%
7Robert Hawkins Socialist Labour Party 1230.3%

Electorate 72,938 · Turnout 60.2% · Majority 1,149 · Back to 2010 overview

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.