UK general elections › 2010 › South Leicestershire
South Leicestershire — 2010
Andrew Robathan (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,000 votes— 49.5% of 54,577 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. 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,577
| 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 | Andrew Robathan | Conservative Party | 27,000 | 49.5% | −0.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Aladdin Ayesh | Liberal Democrats | 11,476 | 21.0% | — | |
| 3 | Sally Gimson | Labour Party | 11,392 | 20.9% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Preston | British National Party | 2,721 | 5.0% | — | |
| 5 | John Williams | UK Independence Party | 1,988 | 3.6% | — |
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.