UK general elections › 2010 › Richmond Park
Richmond Park — 2010
Zac Goldsmith (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,461 votes— 49.7% of 59,268 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. 49.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 59,268
| 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 | Zac Goldsmith | Conservative Party | 29,461 | −0.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Susan Kramer | Liberal Democrats | 25,370 | — | ||
| 3 | Eleanor Tunnicliffe | Labour Party | 2,979 | — | ||
| 4 | Peter Dul | UK Independence Party | 669 | — | ||
| 5 | James Page | Green Party | 572 | — | ||
| 6 | Susan May | Christian Peoples Alliance | 133 | — | ||
| 7 | Charles Hill | Independent | 84 | — |
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.