UK general elections › 2010 › Torbay
Torbay — 2010
Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 23,126 votes— 47.0% of 49,210 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. 47.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,210
| 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 | Adrian Sanders | Liberal Democrats | 23,126 | 47.0% | −3.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Marcus Wood | Conservative Party | 19,048 | 38.7% | — | |
| 3 | David Pedrick-Friend | Labour Party | 3,231 | 6.6% | — | |
| 4 | Julien Parrott | UK Independence Party | 2,628 | 5.3% | — | |
| 5 | Ann Conway | British National Party | 709 | 1.4% | — | |
| 6 | Sam Moss | Green Party | 468 | 1.0% | — |
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.