UK general elections › 2010 › West Suffolk
West Suffolk — 2010
Matthew Hancock (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,312 votes— 50.6% of 48,089 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,089
| 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 | Matthew Hancock | Conservative Party | 24,312 | +0.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Belinda Brooks-Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 11,262 | — | ||
| 3 | Abul Ahmed | Labour Party | 7,089 | — | ||
| 4 | Ian Smith | UK Independence Party | 3,085 | — | ||
| 5 | Ramon Johns | British National Party | 1,428 | — | ||
| 6 | Andrew Appleby | Independent | 540 | — | ||
| 7 | Colin Young | Christian Peoples Alliance | 373 | — |
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.