2010 General Election
The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 9 candidates ran for election.
Summary
LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
4,709
Electorate
73,707
Turnout
60.2%
You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.
Share of the vote
The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.
Breakdown
The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.
Candidate/Party | Votes | Share | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
|
Michael, Alun
Labour
|
17,262 | 38.9% | -7.7% |
|
Hoare, Simon
Conservative
|
12,553 | 28.3% | 4.4% |
|
Hannigan, Dominic
Liberal Democrat
|
9,875 | 22.3% | 2.4% |
|
Aslam, Farida
Plaid Cymru
|
1,851 | 4.2% | -1.1% |
|
Ziegler, Simon
UK Independence Party
|
1,145 | 2.6% | 1.2% |
|
Burke, George
Independent
|
648 | 1.5% | 0.3% |
|
Townsend, Matthew
Green Party
|
554 | 1.2% | -0.6% |
|
Bate, Clive
Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship
|
285 | 0.6% | 0.6% |
|
Griffiths, Robert
Communist Party of Britain
|
196 | 0.4% | 0.4% |