UK general elections › 2010 › Southampton, Itchen
Southampton, Itchen — 2010
John Denham (Labour Party) was elected with 16,326 votes— 36.8% of 44,412 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. 36.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,412
| 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 | John Denham | Labour Party | 16,326 | −13.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Royston Smith | Conservative Party | 16,134 | — | ||
| 3 | David Goodall | Liberal Democrats | 9,256 | — | ||
| 4 | Alan Kebbell | UK Independence Party | 1,928 | — | ||
| 5 | John Spottiswoode | Green Party | 600 | — | ||
| 6 | Tim Cutter | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 168 | — |
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.