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2010 general election

South West: 2010 general election results

How South West voted at the 2010 general election: the Conservatives won 36 of 55 seats with 42.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.

South West: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Conservative36+141,187,63742.8%+4.255
Liberal Democrats15−1962,95434.7%+2.255
Labour4−9426,91015.4%−7.455
UK Independence Party0new123,9754.5%—55
Green0new31,5171.1%—40
British National Party0new20,8660.8%—19
15 other parties and independents19,5840.7%

Change compared with the 2005 general election in South West.

Bath: LD (Don Foster), majority 25.2%Bournemouth East: Con (Tobias Ellwood), majority 17.6%Bournemouth West: Con (Conor Burns), majority 13.4%Bridgwater and West Somerset: Con (Ian Liddell-Grainger), majority 17.0%Bristol East: Lab (Kerry McCarthy), majority 8.3%Bristol North West: Con (Charlotte Leslie), majority 6.5% — Con gain from LabBristol South: Lab (Dawn Primarolo), majority 9.8%Bristol West: LD (Stephen Williams), majority 20.5%Camborne and Redruth: Con (George Eustice), majority 0.2% — Con gain from LDCentral Devon: Con (Mel Stride), majority 17.1%Cheltenham: LD (Martin Horwood), majority 9.3%Chippenham: LD (Duncan Hames), majority 4.7%Christchurch: Con (Christopher Chope), majority 31.2%Devizes: Con (Claire Perry), majority 28.1%East Devon: Con (Hugo Swire), majority 17.2%Exeter: Lab (Ben Bradshaw), majority 5.2%Filton and Bradley Stoke: Con (Jack Lopresti), majority 14.3%Forest of Dean: Con (Mark Harper), majority 22.7%Gloucester: Con (Richard Graham), majority 4.8% — Con gain from LabKingswood: Con (Chris Skidmore), majority 5.1% — Con gain from LabMid Dorset and North Poole: LD (Annette Brooke), majority 0.6%Newton Abbot: Con (Anne Morris), majority 1.1% — Con gain from LDNorth Cornwall: LD (Dan Rogerson), majority 6.4%North Devon: LD (Nick Harvey), majority 11.3%North Dorset: Con (Robert Walter), majority 14.1%North East Somerset: Con (Jacob Rees-Mogg), majority 9.6%North Somerset: Con (Liam Fox), majority 13.6%North Swindon: Con (Justin Tomlinson), majority 14.0% — Con gain from LabNorth Wiltshire: Con (James Gray), majority 15.4%Plymouth, Moor View: Lab (Alison Seabeck), majority 3.8%Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport: Con (Oliver Colvile), majority 2.6% — Con gain from LabPoole: Con (Robert Syms), majority 15.9%Salisbury: Con (John Glen), majority 12.3%Somerton and Frome: LD (David Heath), majority 3.0%South Dorset: Con (Richard Drax), majority 14.8% — Con gain from LabSouth East Cornwall: Con (Sheryll Murray), majority 6.5% — Con gain from LDSouth Swindon: Con (Robert Buckland), majority 7.5% — Con gain from LabSouth West Devon: Con (Gary Streeter), majority 31.8%South West Wiltshire: Con (Andrew Murrison), majority 21.2%St Austell and Newquay: LD (Stephen Gilbert), majority 2.8%St Ives: LD (Andrew George), majority 3.7%Stroud: Con (Neil Carmichael), majority 2.2% — Con gain from LabTaunton Deane: LD (Jeremy Browne), majority 6.9%Tewkesbury: Con (Laurence Robertson), majority 11.7%The Cotswolds: Con (Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), majority 23.5%Thornbury and Yate: LD (Steve Webb), majority 14.8%Tiverton and Honiton: Con (Neil Parish), majority 17.0%Torbay: LD (Adrian Sanders), majority 8.3%Torridge and West Devon: Con (Geoffrey Cox), majority 5.4%Totnes: Con (Sarah Wollaston), majority 10.3%Truro and Falmouth: Con (Sarah Newton), majority 0.9% — Con gain from LDWells: LD (Tessa Munt), majority 1.4% — LD gain from ConWest Dorset: Con (Oliver Letwin), majority 6.8%Weston-Super-Mare: Con (John Penrose), majority 5.1%Yeovil: LD (David Laws), majority 22.8%

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
BathLD Don Foster11,88325.270.6%LD hold
Bournemouth EastCon Tobias Ellwood7,72817.661.9%Con hold
Bournemouth WestCon Conor Burns5,58313.458.1%Con hold
Bridgwater and West SomersetCon Ian Liddell-Grainger9,24917.066.3%Con hold
Bristol EastLab Kerry McCarthy3,7228.364.8%Lab hold
Bristol North WestCon Charlotte Leslie3,2746.568.5%Con gain from Lab
Bristol SouthLab Dawn Primarolo4,7349.861.6%Lab hold
Bristol WestLD Stephen Williams11,36620.566.9%LD hold
Camborne and RedruthCon George Eustice660.266.4%Con gain from LD
Central DevonCon Mel Stride9,23017.175.7%Con hold
CheltenhamLD Martin Horwood4,9209.366.8%LD hold
ChippenhamLD Duncan Hames2,4704.772.6%LD hold
ChristchurchCon Christopher Chope15,41031.271.8%Con hold
DevizesCon Claire Perry13,00528.168.8%Con hold
East DevonCon Hugo Swire9,11417.272.6%Con hold
ExeterLab Ben Bradshaw2,7215.267.7%Lab hold
Filton and Bradley StokeCon Jack Lopresti6,91414.370.0%Con hold
Forest of DeanCon Mark Harper11,06422.771.3%Con hold
GloucesterCon Richard Graham2,4204.864.0%Con gain from Lab
KingswoodCon Chris Skidmore2,4455.172.2%Con gain from Lab
Mid Dorset and North PooleLD Annette Brooke2690.672.4%LD hold
Newton AbbotCon Anne Morris5231.169.7%Con gain from LD
North CornwallLD Dan Rogerson2,9816.468.9%LD hold
North DevonLD Nick Harvey5,82111.368.9%LD hold
North DorsetCon Robert Walter7,62514.173.4%Con hold
North East SomersetCon Jacob Rees-Mogg4,9149.675.4%Con hold
North SomersetCon Liam Fox7,86213.675.0%Con hold
North SwindonCon Justin Tomlinson7,06014.064.2%Con gain from Lab
North WiltshireCon James Gray7,48315.473.4%Con hold
Plymouth, Moor ViewLab Alison Seabeck1,5883.861.0%Lab hold
Plymouth, Sutton and DevonportCon Oliver Colvile1,1492.660.2%Con gain from Lab
PooleCon Robert Syms7,54115.965.3%Con hold
SalisburyCon John Glen5,96612.371.9%Con hold
Somerton and FromeLD David Heath1,8173.074.3%LD hold
South DorsetCon Richard Drax7,44314.868.6%Con gain from Lab
South East CornwallCon Sheryll Murray3,2206.569.5%Con gain from LD
South SwindonCon Robert Buckland3,5447.564.9%Con gain from Lab
South West DevonCon Gary Streeter15,87431.870.4%Con hold
South West WiltshireCon Andrew Murrison10,36721.268.4%Con hold
St Austell and NewquayLD Stephen Gilbert1,3122.862.7%LD hold
St IvesLD Andrew George1,7193.768.6%LD hold
StroudCon Neil Carmichael1,2992.274.1%Con gain from Lab
Taunton DeaneLD Jeremy Browne3,9936.970.5%LD hold
TewkesburyCon Laurence Robertson6,31011.770.4%Con hold
The CotswoldsCon Geoffrey Clifton-Brown12,86423.571.5%Con hold
Thornbury and YateLD Steve Webb7,11614.875.2%LD hold
Tiverton and HonitonCon Neil Parish9,32017.071.5%Con hold
TorbayLD Adrian Sanders4,0788.364.5%LD hold
Torridge and West DevonCon Geoffrey Cox2,9575.471.4%Con hold
TotnesCon Sarah Wollaston4,92710.370.4%Con hold
Truro and FalmouthCon Sarah Newton4350.969.1%Con gain from LD
WellsLD Tessa Munt8001.470.3%LD gain from Con
West DorsetCon Oliver Letwin3,9236.874.6%Con hold
Weston-Super-MareCon John Penrose2,6915.167.2%Con hold
YeovilLD David Laws13,03622.869.4%LD hold

South West at every election →

Questions and answers

Who won in South West at the 2010 general election?

The Conservatives won 36 of the 55 seats in South West, with 42.8% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South West in 2010?

55 constituencies.

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