UK general elections › 2010 › Wells
Wells — 2010
Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 24,560 votes— 44.0% of 55,864 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. 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,864
| 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 | Tessa Munt | Liberal Democrats | 24,560 | 44.0% | −6.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Heathcoat-Amory | Conservative Party | 23,760 | 42.5% | — | |
| 3 | Andy Merryfield | Labour Party | 4,198 | 7.5% | — | |
| 4 | Jake Baynes | UK Independence Party | 1,711 | 3.1% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Boyce | British National Party | 1,004 | 1.8% | — | |
| 6 | Chris Briton | Green Party | 631 | 1.1% | — |
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.