UK general elections › 2010 › Truro and Falmouth
Truro and Falmouth — 2010
Sarah Newton (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,349 votes— 41.7% of 48,768 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. 41.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,768
| 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 Newton | Conservative Party | 20,349 | 41.7% | −8.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Terrye Teverson | Liberal Democrats | 19,914 | 40.8% | — | |
| 3 | Charlotte Mackenzie | Labour Party | 4,697 | 9.6% | — | |
| 4 | Harry Blakeley | UK Independence Party | 1,911 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Loic Rich | Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall | 1,039 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Ian Wright | Green Party | 858 | 1.8% | — |
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.