UK general elections › 2010 › Westmorland and Lonsdale
Westmorland and Lonsdale — 2010
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 30,896 votes— 60.0% of 51,487 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,487
| 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 | Tim Farron | Liberal Democrats | 30,896 | 60.0% | +10.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gareth McKeever | Conservative Party | 18,632 | 36.2% | — | |
| 3 | Jonathan Todd | Labour Party | 1,158 | 2.2% | — | |
| 4 | John Mander | UK Independence Party | 801 | 1.6% | — |
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.