UK general elections › 2010 › Solihull
Solihull — 2010
Lorely Burt (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 23,635 votes— 42.9% of 55,129 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. 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,129
| 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 | Lorely Burt | Liberal Democrats | 23,635 | 42.9% | −7.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Maggie Throup | Conservative Party | 23,460 | 42.6% | — | |
| 3 | Sarah Merrill | Labour Party | 4,891 | 8.9% | — | |
| 4 | Andrew Terry | British National Party | 1,624 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | John Ison | UK Independence Party | 1,200 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Neill Watts | Solihull and Meriden Residents Association | 319 | 0.6% | — |
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.