UK general elections › 2010 › Poole
Poole — 2010
Robert Syms (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,532 votes— 47.5% of 47,436 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. 47.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,436
| 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 | Robert Syms | Conservative Party | 22,532 | 47.5% | −2.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Philip Eades | Liberal Democrats | 14,991 | 31.6% | — | |
| 3 | Jason Sanderson | Labour Party | 6,041 | 12.7% | — | |
| 4 | Nick Wellstead | UK Independence Party | 2,507 | 5.3% | — | |
| 5 | David Holmes | British National Party | 1,188 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Ian Northover | Independent | 177 | 0.4% | — |
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.