UK general elections › 2010 › Winchester
Winchester — 2010
Steve Brine (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,155 votes— 48.5% of 55,955 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. 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,955
| 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 | Steve Brine | Conservative Party | 27,155 | 48.5% | −1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Martin Tod | Liberal Democrats | 24,107 | 43.1% | — | |
| 3 | Patrick Davies | Labour Party | 3,051 | 5.5% | — | |
| 4 | Jocelyn Penn-Bull | UK Independence Party | 1,139 | 2.0% | — | |
| 5 | Mark Lancaster | English Democrats | 503 | 0.9% | — |
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.