UK general elections › 2010 › Southampton, Test
Southampton, Test — 2010
Alan Whitehead (Labour Party) was elected with 17,001 votes— 38.5% of 44,187 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. 38.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,187
| 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 | Alan Whitehead | Labour Party | 17,001 | 38.5% | −11.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jeremy Moulton | Conservative Party | 14,588 | 33.0% | — | |
| 3 | David Callaghan | Liberal Democrats | 9,865 | 22.3% | — | |
| 4 | Pearline Hingston | UK Independence Party | 1,726 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Chris Bluemel | Green Party | 881 | 2.0% | — | |
| 6 | Charles Sanderson | Independent | 126 | 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.