UK general elections2010 › Stroud

Stroud — 2010

Neil Carmichael (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,679 votes40.8% 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

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
1Neil Carmichael Conservative Party 23,67940.8%−9.2 ptsElected
2David Drew Labour Party 22,38038.6%
3Dennis Andrewartha Liberal Democrats 8,95515.4%
4Martin Whiteside Green Party 1,5422.7%
5Steve Parker UK Independence Party 1,3012.2%
6Alan Lomas Independent 1160.2%

Electorate 78,286 · Turnout 74.1% · Majority 1,299 · 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.