UK general elections › 2010 › St Austell and Newquay
St Austell and Newquay — 2010
Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 20,189 votes— 42.7% of 47,238 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. 42.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,238
| 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 | Stephen Gilbert | Liberal Democrats | 20,189 | 42.7% | −7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Caroline Righton | Conservative Party | 18,877 | 40.0% | — | |
| 3 | Lee Jameson | Labour Party | 3,386 | 7.2% | — | |
| 4 | Dick Cole | Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall | 2,007 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Clive Medway | UK Independence Party | 1,757 | 3.7% | — | |
| 6 | James Fitton | British National Party | 1,022 | 2.2% | — |
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.