UK general elections2010 › South Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire — 2010

Andrew Lansley (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,995 votes47.4% of 59,056 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. 47.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 59,056

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
1Andrew Lansley Conservative Party 27,99547.4%−2.6 ptsElected
2Sebastian Kindersley Liberal Democrats 20,15734.1%
3Tariq Sadiq Labour Party 6,02410.2%
4Robin Page Independent 1,9683.3%
5Helene Davies-Green UK Independence Party 1,8733.2%
6Simon Saggers Green Party 1,0391.8%

Electorate 78,995 · Turnout 74.8% · Majority 7,838 · 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.