UK general elections › 2010 › South East Cambridgeshire
South East Cambridgeshire — 2010
James Paice (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,629 votes— 48.0% of 57,602 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. 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,602
| 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 | James Paice | Conservative Party | 27,629 | 48.0% | −2.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jonathan Chatfield | Liberal Democrats | 21,683 | 37.6% | — | |
| 3 | John Cowan | Labour Party | 4,380 | 7.6% | — | |
| 4 | Andy Monk | UK Independence Party | 2,138 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | Simon Sedgwick-Jell | Green Party | 766 | 1.3% | — | |
| 6 | G. L. Woollard | Independent | 517 | 0.9% | — | |
| 7 | Daniel Bell | Christian Peoples Alliance | 489 | 0.8% | — |
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.