UK general elections › 2010 › South Thanet
South Thanet — 2010
Laura Sandys (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,043 votes— 48.0% of 45,933 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. 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,933
| 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 | Laura Sandys | Conservative Party | 22,043 | 48.0% | −2.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephen Ladyman | Labour Party | 14,426 | 31.4% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Bucklitsch | Liberal Democrats | 6,935 | 15.1% | — | |
| 4 | Trevor Shonk | UK Independence Party | 2,529 | 5.5% | — |
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.