UK general elections › 2010 › South Norfolk
South Norfolk — 2010
Richard Bacon (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,133 votes— 49.3% of 54,993 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. 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,993
| 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 Bacon | Conservative Party | 27,133 | 49.3% | −0.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jacqueline Howe | Liberal Democrats | 16,193 | 29.4% | — | |
| 3 | Mick Castle | Labour Party | 7,252 | 13.2% | — | |
| 4 | Evan Heasley | UK Independence Party | 2,329 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Helen Mitchell | British National Party | 1,086 | 2.0% | — | |
| 6 | Jo Willcott | Green Party | 1,000 | 1.8% | — |
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.