UK general elections › 2010 › Salisbury
Salisbury — 2010
John Glen (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,859 votes— 49.2% of 48,481 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. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,481
| 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 | John Glen | Conservative Party | 23,859 | −0.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Nick Radford | Liberal Democrats | 17,893 | — | ||
| 3 | Tom Gann | Labour Party | 3,690 | — | ||
| 4 | Frances Howard | UK Independence Party | 1,392 | — | ||
| 5 | Sean Witheridge | British National Party | 765 | — | ||
| 6 | Nick Startin | Green Party | 506 | — | ||
| 7 | King Pendragon | Independent | 257 | — | ||
| 8 | John Holme | Independent | 119 | — |
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.