UK general elections › 2010 › South Dorset
South Dorset — 2010
Richard Drax (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,667 votes— 45.1% of 50,310 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. 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,310
| 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 | Richard Drax | Conservative Party | 22,667 | 45.1% | −4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jim Knight | Labour Party | 15,224 | 30.3% | — | |
| 3 | Rosamond Kayes | Liberal Democrats | 9,557 | 19.0% | — | |
| 4 | Mike Hobson | UK Independence Party | 2,034 | 4.0% | — | |
| 5 | Brian Heatley | Green Party | 595 | 1.2% | — | |
| 6 | Andy Kirkwood | Movement for Active Democracy (M.A.D.) | 233 | 0.5% | — |
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.