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Suffolk Coastal — 2010

Therese Coffey (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,475 votes46.4% of 54,893 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. 46.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,893

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
1Therese Coffey Conservative Party 25,475−3.6 ptsElected
2Daisy Cooper Liberal Democrats 16,347
3Adam Leeder Labour Party 8,812
4Stephen Bush UK Independence Party 3,156
5Rachel Fulcher Green Party 1,103

Electorate 76,572 · Turnout 71.7% · Majority 9,128 · 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.