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2010 general election · South West

Poole: 2010 general election result

Robert Syms (Conservative) won Poole at the 2010 general election with a majority of 7,541. Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
Robert SymsConservative
Majority
7,54115.9% of valid votes
Turnout
65.3%47,436 valid votes
Electorate
72,641
Result
Con hold
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Robert Syms Elected sitting MPConservative22,53247.5%
Philip EadesLiberal Democrats14,99131.6%
Jason SandersonLabour6,04112.7%
Nick WellsteadUK Independence Party2,5075.3%
David HolmesBritish National Party1,1882.5%
Ian NorthoverIndependent1770.4%
Valid votes47,436
Majority7,54115.9%

No change figures: the constituency’s boundaries changed after the 2005 election.

Declared 7 May 2010, 04:38.

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Questions and answers

Who won Poole at the 2010 general election?

Robert Syms (Conservative) won with 22,532 votes (47.5%). Result: Con hold.

What was the majority in Poole in 2010?

7,541 votes (15.9% of valid votes) over the Liberal Democrats candidate, Philip Eades.

What was the turnout in Poole in 2010?

65.3% of the 72,641 registered electors cast a valid vote (47,436 votes).

Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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