UK general elections › 2010 › Stroud
Stroud — 2010
Neil Carmichael (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,679 votes— 40.8% of 57,973 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. 40.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,973
| 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 | Neil Carmichael | Conservative Party | 23,679 | 40.8% | −9.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Drew | Labour Party | 22,380 | 38.6% | — | |
| 3 | Dennis Andrewartha | Liberal Democrats | 8,955 | 15.4% | — | |
| 4 | Martin Whiteside | Green Party | 1,542 | 2.7% | — | |
| 5 | Steve Parker | UK Independence Party | 1,301 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Alan Lomas | Independent | 116 | 0.2% | — |
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.