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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1John Denham Labour Party 16,326−13.2 ptsElected
2Royston Smith Conservative Party 16,134—
3David Goodall Liberal Democrats 9,256—
4Alan Kebbell UK Independence Party 1,928—
5John Spottiswoode Green Party 600—
6Tim Cutter Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 168—

Electorate 74,532 · Turnout 59.6% · Majority 192 · Back to 2010 overview

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.