UK general elections › 2010 › South Swindon
South Swindon — 2010
Robert Buckland (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,687 votes— 41.8% of 47,119 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. 41.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,119
| 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 | Robert Buckland | Conservative Party | 19,687 | 41.8% | −8.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Anne Snelgrove | Labour Party | 16,143 | 34.3% | — | |
| 3 | Damon Hooton | Liberal Democrats | 8,305 | 17.6% | — | |
| 4 | Robin Tingey | UK Independence Party | 2,029 | 4.3% | — | |
| 5 | Jenni Miles | Green Party | 619 | 1.3% | — | |
| 6 | Alastair Kirk | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 176 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | Karsten Evans | Independent | 160 | 0.3% | — |
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.