UK general elections › 2010 › Totnes
Totnes — 2010
Sarah Wollaston (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,940 votes— 45.9% of 47,843 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. 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,843
| 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 | Sarah Wollaston | Conservative Party | 21,940 | 45.9% | −4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Julian Brazil | Liberal Democrats | 17,013 | 35.6% | — | |
| 3 | Carol Whitty | Labour Party | 3,538 | 7.4% | — | |
| 4 | Jeff Beer | UK Independence Party | 2,890 | 6.0% | — | |
| 5 | Lydia Somerville | Green Party | 1,181 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Turner | British National Party | 624 | 1.3% | — | |
| 7 | Simon Drew | Independent | 390 | 0.8% | — | |
| 8 | Stephen Hopwood | Independent | 267 | 0.6% | — |
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.