UK general elections › 2010 › South East Cornwall
South East Cornwall — 2010
Sheryll Murray (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,390 votes— 45.1% of 49,617 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. 49,617
| 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 | Sheryll Murray | Conservative Party | 22,390 | 45.1% | −4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Karen Gillard | Liberal Democrats | 19,170 | 38.6% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Sparling | Labour Party | 3,507 | 7.1% | — | |
| 4 | Stephanie McWilliam | UK Independence Party | 3,083 | 6.2% | — | |
| 5 | Roger Creagh-Osborne | Green Party | 826 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | Roger Holmes | Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall | 641 | 1.3% | — |
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.