UK general elections › 2010 › St Ives
St Ives — 2010
Andrew George (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 19,619 votes— 42.7% of 45,921 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. 45,921
| 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 | Andrew George | Liberal Democrats | 19,619 | −7.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Derek Thomas | Conservative Party | 17,900 | — | ||
| 3 | Philippa Latimer | Labour Party | 3,751 | — | ||
| 4 | Mick Faulkner | UK Independence Party | 2,560 | — | ||
| 5 | Tim Andrewes | Green Party | 1,308 | — | ||
| 6 | Jonathan Rogers | The Cornish Democrats | 396 | — | ||
| 7 | Simon Reed | Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall | 387 | — |
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.