UK general elections › 2010 › Yeovil
Yeovil — 2010
David Laws (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 31,843 votes— 55.7% of 57,160 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,160
| 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 | David Laws | Liberal Democrats | 31,843 | 55.7% | +5.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kevin Davis | Conservative Party | 18,807 | 32.9% | — | |
| 3 | Lee Skevington | Labour Party | 2,991 | 5.2% | — | |
| 4 | Nigel Pearson | UK Independence Party | 2,357 | 4.1% | — | |
| 5 | Robert Baehr | British National Party | 1,162 | 2.0% | — |
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.