UK general elections › 2010 › West Dorset
West Dorset — 2010
Oliver Letwin (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,287 votes— 47.6% of 57,337 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. 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,337
| 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 | Oliver Letwin | Conservative Party | 27,287 | 47.6% | −2.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Susan Farrant | Liberal Democrats | 23,364 | 40.7% | — | |
| 3 | Steve Bick | Labour Party | 3,815 | 6.7% | — | |
| 4 | Oliver Chisholm | UK Independence Party | 2,196 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | J. Susan Greene | Green Party | 675 | 1.2% | — |
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.