UK general elections › 2010 › Taunton Deane
Taunton Deane — 2010
Jeremy Browne (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 28,531 votes— 49.1% of 58,150 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. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,150
| 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 | Jeremy Browne | Liberal Democrats | 28,531 | 49.1% | −0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Formosa | Conservative Party | 24,538 | 42.2% | — | |
| 3 | Martin Jevon | Labour Party | 2,967 | 5.1% | — | |
| 4 | Tony McIntyre | UK Independence Party | 2,114 | 3.6% | — |
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.