UK general elections › 2010 › South Suffolk
South Suffolk — 2010
Tim Yeo (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,550 votes— 47.7% of 51,416 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. 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,416
| 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 | Tim Yeo | Conservative Party | 24,550 | 47.7% | −2.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nigel Bennett | Liberal Democrats | 15,861 | 30.8% | — | |
| 3 | Emma Bishton | Labour Party | 7,368 | 14.3% | — | |
| 4 | David Campbell Bannerman | UK Independence Party | 3,637 | 7.1% | — |
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.