GENERAL ELECTION
CONSERVATIVE
Heathcoat-Amory, David,Wells Waterson, Nigel,Eastbourne LABOUR
Ainger, Nick,Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South Anderson, Janet,Rossendale & Darwen
Baird, Vera,Redcar Barlow, Celia,Hove Berry, Roger,Kingswood Blizzard, Bob,Waveney Borrow, David,South Ribble Butler, Dawn,Brent Central Cawsey, Ian,Brigg & Goole Clark, Paul,Gillingham & Rainham Clarke, Charles,Norwich South Dhanda, Parmjit,Gloucester Dismore, Andrew,Hendon Drew, David,Stroud Foster, Michael,Worcester
Foster, Michael Jabez,Hastings & Rye Gilroy, Linda,Plymouth Sutton & Devonport Hall, Patrick,Bedford
Hope, Phil,Corby Jenkins, Brian,Tamworth Keeble, Sally,Northampton North Keen, Ann,Brentford & Isleworth Kidney, David,Stafford Knight, Jim,Dorset South Linton, Martin,Battersea
McCarthy-Fry, Sarah,Portsmouth North McIsaac, Shona,Cleethorpes McNulty, Tony,Harrow East Malik, Shahid,Dewsbury Mallaber, Judy,Amber Valler Marris, Rob,Wolverhampton South West Merron, Gillian,Lincoln
Mole, Chris,Ipswich Morgan, Julie,CardiffNorth O’Brien, Mike,Warwickshire North Palmer, Nick,Broxtowe
Plaskitt, James,Warwick & Leamington Prentice, Gordon,Pendle
Prosser, Gwyn,Dover Rammell, Bill,Harlow Reed, Andy,Loughborough Rooney, Terry,Bradford East Russell, Christine,Chester, City of Shaw, Jonathan,Chatham & Aylesford
Smith, Angela E.,Basildon South & Thurrock East Smith, Geraldine,Morecambe & Lunesdale Smith, Jacqui,Redditch
Snelgrove, Anne,Swindon South Starkey, Phyllis,Milton Keynes South Taylor, Dari,Stockton South Waltho, Linda,Stourbridge Ward, Claire,Watford
Wright, Anthony,Great Yarmouth LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
Gidley, Sandra,Romsey & Southampton North Goldsworthy, Julia,Camborne & Redruth Harris, Evan,Oxford West & Abingdon
Holmes, Paul,Chesterfield Kramer, Susan,Richmond Park Opik, Lembit,Montgomeryshire Rennie, Willie,Dunfermline & Fife West Younger-Ross, Richard,Newton Abbot OTHER
Davies, Dai (Blaenau Voice),Blaenau Gwent Mason, John (SNP),Glasgow East Robinson, Peter (DUP),Belfast East Spink, Bob (Ind. Green Belt),Castle Point Taylor, Richard (Ind. CHC),Wyre Forest MPS WHO RETIRED AT THE 2010 GENERAL ELECTION
CONSERVATIVE
Ainsworth, Peter,Surrey East Ancram, Michael,Devizes Atkinson, Peter,Hexham Boswell, Tim,Daventry
Browning, Angela,Tiverton & Honiton Butterfill, Sir John,Bournemouth West Cormack, Sir Patrick,Staffordshire South Curry, David,Skipton & Ripon Fraser, Christopher,Norfolk South West Goodman, Paul,Wycombe
Greenway, John,Ryedale Gummer, John,Suffolk Coastal
Hogg, Douglas,Sleaford & North Hykeham Horam, John,Orpington
Howard, Michael,Folkstone & Hythe Jack, Michael,Fylde
Key, Robert,Salisbury Kirkbride, Julie,Bromsgrove Lait, Jacqui,Beckenham
Lord, Sir Michael,Suffolk Central & Ipswich North MacKay, Andrew,Bracknell
Maclean, David,Penrith & The Border Malins, Humfrey,Woking
Maples, John,Stratford on Avon Mates, Michael,Hampshire East Moss, Malcolm,Cambridgeshire North East Spicer, Michael,Worcestershire West Spring, Richard,Suffolk West Steen, Anthony,Totnes Taylor, Ian,Esher & Walton Viggers, Sir Peter,Gosport
Widdecombe, Ann,Maidstone & The Weald Wilshire, David,Spelthorne
Winterton, Ann,Congleton Winterton, Sir Nicholas,Macclesfield LABOUR
Armstrong, Hilary,Durham North West Austin, John,Erith & Thamesmead Battle, John,Leeds West Blackman, Liz,Erewash
Browne, Des,Kilmarnock & Loudoun Burgon, Colin,Elmet
Byers, Stephen,North Tyneside Caborn, Richard,Sheffield Central Challen, Colin,Morley & Rothwell Chapman, Ben,Wirral South Chaytor, David,Bury North
Clapham, Michael,Barnsley West & Penistone 184 Parliament
Clelland, David,Tyne Bridge Cohen, Harry,Leyton & Wanstead Cousins, Jim,Newcastle Upon Tyne Central Cryer, Ann,Keighley
Cummings, John,Easington Curtis-Thomas, Claire,Crosby Davies, Quentin,Grantham & Stamford Dean, Janet,Burton
Devine, Jim,Livingston
Ennis, Jeff,Barnsley East & Mexborough Etherington, Bill,Sunderland North Fisher, Mark,Stoke on Trent Central Follett, Barbara,Stevenage George, Bruce,Walsall South Gerrard, Neil,Walthamstow Griffiths, Nigel,Edinburgh South Grogan, John,Selby
Hall, Mike,Weaver Vale
Heal, Sylvia,Halesowen & Rowley Regis Henderson, Doug,Newcastle Upon Tyne North Heppell, John,Nottingham East
Hesford, Stephen,Wirral West Hewitt, Patricia,Leicester West Hill, Keith,Streatham Hoon, Geoff,Ashfield Howells, Kim,Pontypridd
Hughes, Beverley,Stretford & Urmston Humble, Joan,Blackpool North & Fleetwood Hutton, John,Barrow & Furness
Iddon, Brian,Bolton South East
Ingram, Adam,East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow Jones, Lynne,Birmingham Selly Oak
Jones, Martyn,Clwyd South Kelly, Ruth,Bolton West
Kemp, Fraser,Houghton & Washington East Kennedy, Jane,Liverpool Wavertree Kilfoyle, Peter,Liverpool Walton Laxton, Bob,Derby North Lepper, David,Brighton Pavilion Levitt, Tom,High Peak
McAvoy, Tommy,Rutherglen & Hamilton West McCafferty, Christine,Calder Valley McCartney, Ian,Makerfield McFall, John,West Dunbartonshire
McKenna, Rosemary,Cumbernauld, Kislyth &
Kirkintilloch East MacKinlay, Andrew,Thurrock Marshall-Andrews, Bob,Medway Martlew, Eric,Carlisle Milburn, Alan,Darlington Moffat, Ann,East Lothian Moffat, Laura,Crawley Moran, Margaret,Luton South Morley, Elliot,Scunthorpe Mountford, Kali,Colne Valley Mullin, Chris,Sunderland South Murphy, Denis,Wansbeck Naysmith, Doug,Bristol North West O’Hara, Eddie,Knowsley South Olner, Bill,Nuneaton Pearson, Ian,Dudley South Pope, Greg,Hyndburn Prentice, Bridget,Lewisham East Prescott, John,Hull East
Purchase, Ken,Wolverhampton North East Purnell, James,Stalybridge & Hyde Reid, John,Airdrie & Shotts Salter, Martin,Reading West
Sarwar, Mohammad,Glasgow Central Simon, Sion,Birmingham Erdington Simpson, Alan,Nottingham South Smith, John,Vale of Glamorgan Southworth, Helen,Warrington South Stewart, Ian,Eccles
Stoate, Howard,Dartford Strang, Gavin,Edinburgh East Tipping, Paddy,Sherwood Todd, Mark,Derbyshire South Touhig, Dan,Islwyn Truswell, Paul,Pudsey Turner, Des,Brighton Kemptown Turner, Neil,Wigan
Ussher, Kitty,Burnley
Vis, Rudi,Finchley & Golders Green Williams, Alan,Swansea West Williams, Betty,Conwy Wills, Michael,Swindon North Wright, Tony,Cannock Chase Wyatt, Derek,Sittingbourne & Sheppey LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
Barrett, John,Edinburgh West Breed, Colin,Cornwall South East Howarth, David,Cambridge Keetch, Paul,Hereford Oaten, Mark,Winchester
Taylor, Matthew,Truro & St Austell Willis, Phil,Harrogate & Knaresborough OTHER
Conway, Derek (Ind. C.),Old Bexley & Sidcup McGrady, Eddie (SDLP),Down South Paisley, Ian (DUP),Antrim North
Price, Adam (PC),Carmarthen East & Dinefwr Salmond, Alex (SNP),Banff& Buchan Short, Clare (Ind. Lab.),Birmingham Ladywood Wareing, Robert (Ind.),Liverpool West Derby NEW MPS
CONSERVATIVE
Adams, Nigel,Selby & Ainsty Aldous, Peter,Waveney Andrew, Stuart,Pudsey Bagshawe, Louise,Corby Baker, Steven,Wycombe
Baldwin, Harriett,West Worcestershire Barclay, Stephen,Cambridgeshire North East Barwell, Gavin,Croydon Central
Bebb, Guto,Aberconwy Berry, Jake,Rossendale & Darwen Bingham, Andrew,High Peak Blackman, Bob,Harrow East
Blackwood, Nicola,Oxford West & Abingdon Boles, Nick,Grantham & Stamford Bradley, Karen,Staffordshire Moorlands Bray, Angie,Ealing Central & Acton Bridgen, Andrew,Leicestershire North West Brine, Steve,Winchester
Bruce, Fiona,Congleton Buckland, Robert,Swindon South Burley, Aidan,Cannock Chase Burns, Conor,Bournemouth West Byles, Daniel,Warwickshire North Cairns, Alun,Vale of Glamorgan Carmichael, Neil,Stroud
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Chishti, Rehman,Gillingham & Rainham Coffey, Therese,Suffolk Coastal Collins, Damian,Folkestone & Hythe Colvile, Oliver,Plymouth, Sutton & Devonport Crouch, Tracey,Chatham & Aylesford Davies, Glyn,Montgomeryshire de Bois, Nick,Enfield North Dinenage, Caroline,Gosport Doyle-Price, Jackie,Thurrock Drax, Richard,Dorset South Ellis, Michael,Northampton North Ellison, Jane,Battersea
Elphicke, Charlie,Dover
Eustice, George,Camborne & Redruth Evans, Graham,Weaver Vale Evans, Jonathan,CardiffNorth Freeman, George,Norfolk Mid Freer, Mike,Finchley & Golders Green Fullbrook, Lorraine,Ribble South Fuller, Richard,Bedford Garnier, Mark,Wyre Forest Glen, John,Salisbury Goldsmith, Zac,Richmond Park Graham, Richard,Gloucester Grant, Helen,Maidstone & the Weald Griffiths, Andrew,Burton
Gummer, Benedict,Ipswich Gyimah, Sam,Surrey East Halfon, Robert,Harlow Hancock, Matthew,Suffolk West Harrington, Richard,Watford Harris, Rebecca,Castle Point
Hart, Simon,Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South Heaton-Harris, Chris,Daventry
Henderson, Gordon,Sittingbourne & Sheppey Hinds, Damian,Hampshire East
Hollingbery, George,Meon Valley Hopkins, Kris,Keighley James, Margot,Stourbridge Javid, Sajid,Bromsgrove Johnson, Gareth,Dartford Johnson, Jo,Orpington
Jones, Andrew,Harrogate & Knaresborough Jones, Marcus,Nuneaton
Kelly, Chris,Dudley South Kirby, Simon,Brighton Kemptown Kwarteng, Kwasi,Spelthorne Latham, Pauline,Derbyshire Mid Leadsom, Andrea,Northamptonshire South Lee, Jessica,Erewash
Lee, Philip,Bracknell Lefroy, Jeremy,Stafford
Leslie, Charlotte,Bristol North West Lewis, Brandon,Great Yarmouth Lopresti, Jack,Filton & Bradley Stoke Lord, Jonathan,Woking
Lumley, Karen,Redditch McCartney, Jason,Colne Valley McCartney, Karl,Lincoln
MacLeod, Mary,Brentford & Isleworth McPartland, Stephen,Stevenage McVey, Esther,Wirral West
Maynard, Paul,Blackpool North & Cleveleys Menzies, Mark,Fylde
Metcalfe, Stephen,Basildon South & Thurrock East Mills, Nigel,Amber Valley
Mordaunt, Penny,Portsmouth North Morgan, Nicky,Loughborough
Morris, Anne Marie,Newton Abbot Morris, David,Morecambe & Lunesdale Morris, James,Halesowen & Rowley Regis Mosley, Stephen,Chester, City of Mowat, David,Warrington South Murray, Sheryll,Cornwall South East Newton, Sarah,Truro & Falmouth
Nokes, Caroline,Romsey & Southampton North Norman, Jesse,Hereford & Herefordshire South Nuttall, David,Bury North
Offord, Matthew,Hendon
Ollerenshaw, Eric,Lancaster & Fleetwood Opperman, Guy,Hexham
Parish, Neil,Tiverton & Honiton Patel, Priti,Witham
Pawsey, Mark,Rugby Percy, Andrew,Brigg & Goole Perry, Claire,Devizes
Phillips, Stephen,Sleaford & Hykeham North Pincher, Chris,Tamworth
Poulter, Daniel,Suffolk Central & Ipswich North Raab, Dominic,Esher & Walton
Reckless, Mark,Rochester & Strood Rees-Mogg, Jacob,Somerset North East Reevell, Simon,Dewsbury
Rudd, Amber,Hastings & Rye Rutley, David,Macclesfield Sandys, Laura,Thanet South Sharma, Alok,Reading West Shelbrooke, Alec,Elmet & Rothwell Skidmore, Chris,Kingswood Smith, Henry,Crawley Smith, Julian,Skipton & Ripon Soubry, Anna,Broxtowe Spencer, Mark,Sherwood Stephenson, Andrew,Pendle Stevenson, John,Carlisle Stewart, Bob,Beckenham Stewart, Iain,Milton Keynes South Stewart, Rory,Penrith & The Border Stride, Mel,Devon Central Sturdy, Julian,York Outer Tomlinson, Justin,Swindon North Truss, Elizabeth,Norfolk South West Uppal, Pau,Wolverhampton South West Vickers, Martin,Cleethorpes Walker, Robin,Worcester Weatherley, Mike,Hove Wharton, James,Stockton South Wheeler, Heather,Derbyshire South White, Chris,Warwick & Leamington Whittaker, Craig,Calder Valley Williamson, Gavin,Staffordshire South Wollaston, Sarah,Totnes
Zahawi, Nadhim,Stratford-on-Avon LABOUR
Alexander, Heidi,Lewisham East Ali, Rushanara,Bethnal Green & Bow Berger, Luciana,Liverpool, Wavertree
Blenkinsop, Tom,Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland Blomfield, Paul,Sheffield Central
Chapman, Jenny,Darlington Creasy, Stella,Walthamstow Cryer, John,Leyton & Wanstead Cunningham, Alex,Stockton North Curran, Margaret,Glasgow East Dakin, Nick,Scunthorpe 186 Parliament
Danczuk, Simon,Rochdale Davies, Geraint,Swansea West De Piero, Gloria,Ashfield
Docherty, Thomas,Dunfermline & Fife West Doyle, Gemma,Dunbartonshire West Dromey, Jack,Birmingham Erdington Dugher, Michael,Barnsley East Elliott, Julie,Sunderland Central Esterson, Bill,Sefton Central Evans, Chris,Islwyn Fovargue, Yvonne,Makerfield Gilmore, Sheila,Edinburgh East Glass, Pat,Durham North West Glindon, Mary,Tyneside North
Greatrex, Tom,Rutherglen & Hamilton West Green, Kate,Stretford & Urmston Greenwood, Lilian,Nottingham South Hilling, Julie,Bolton West
Hunt, Tristram,Stoke-on-Trent Central Jamieson, Cathy,Kilmarnock & Loudoun Jones, Graham,Hyndburn
Jones, Susan,Clwyd South Kendall, Elizabeth,Leicester West Lavery, Ian,Wansbeck
Leslie, Christopher,Nottingham East McCann, Michael,East Kilbride, Strathaven &
Lesmahagow
McClymont, Gregg,Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
McGovern, Alison,Wirral South
McKinnell, Catherine,Newcastle upon Tyne North Mahmood, Shabana,Birmingham Ladywood Mearns, Ian,Gateshead
Morrice, Graeme,Livingston Morris, Grahame,Easington Murray, Ian,Edinburgh South Nandy, Lisa,Wigan
Nash, Pamela,Airdrie & Shotts O’Donnell, Fiona,East Lothian
Onwurah, Chinyelu,Newcastle upon Tyne Central Pearce, Teresa,Erith & Thamesmead
Perkins, Toby,Chesterfield
Phillipson, Bridget,Houghton & Sunderland South
Qureshi, Yasmin,Bolton South East Reeves, Rachel,Leeds West
Reynolds, Emma,Wolverhampton North East Reynolds, Jonathan,Stalybridge & Hyde Rotheram, Steve,Liverpool Walton Sarwar, Anas,Glasgow Central Shuker, Gavin,Luton South Smith, Nick,Blaenau Gwent Smith, Owen,Pontypridd
Turner, Karl,Kingston upon Hull East Twigg, Stephen,Liverpool Derby West Umunna, Chuka,Streatham Vaz, Valerie,Walsall South Williamson, Chris,Derby North Woodcock, John,Barrow & Furness LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
Birtwhistle, Gordon,Burnley Crockart, Michael,Edinburgh West Gilbert, Stephen,St Austell & Newquay Hames, Duncan,Chippenham Huppert, Julian,Cambridge Lloyd, Stephen,Eastbourne Munt, Tessa,Wells
Swales, Ian,Redcar Ward, David,Bradford East Wright, Simon,Norwich South OTHER
Edwards, Jonathan (PC),Carmarthen East & Dinefwr Long, Naomi (Alliance),Belfast East
Lucas, Caroline (Green),Brighton Pavilion Paisley Junior, Ian (DUP),Antrim North Ritchie, Margaret (SDLP),South Down Shannon, Jim (DUP),Strangford Whiteford, Eilidh (SNP),Banff& Buchan WOMEN MPS
by party
AVERAGE AGE OF MPS by party
Youngest MP: Pamela Nash (Lab.),Airdrie & Shotts,25 Oldest MP: Sir Peter Tapsell (C.),Louth & Horncastle,80 VOTES CAST 2001, 2005 AND 2010
* For the 2010 general election the Ulster Unionist Party formed an alliance with the Conservative Party in Northern Ireland and appeared on ballot papers as Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force
Labour 81 (31 per cent)
Conservative 48 (16 per cent) Liberal Democrat 7 (12 per cent) Alliance 1 (100 per cent)
Green 1 (100 per cent)
SDLP 1 (33 per cent)
Sinn Fein 1 (20 per cent)
SNP 1 (17 per cent)
Other 1 (50 per cent)
DUP 0
Plaid Cymru 0
SDLP 0
Total 142 (22 per cent)
Conservative 48
Liberal Democrat 50
Other 51
Labour 52
All Parties 50
2001 2005 2010
Conservative 8,357,615 8,784,915 10,683,577 Labour 10,724,953 9,552,436 8,601,349 Liberal
Democrat 4,814,321 5,985,454 6,827,312
UKIP 390,563 605,973 917,581
BNP 47,129 192,745 564,003
SNP 464,314 412,267 491,386
Green 166,477 283,414 284,823
Sinn Fein 175,933 174,530 171,942
DUP 181,999 241,856 168,216
Plaid Cymru 195,893 174,838 165,394
SDLP 169,865 125,626 110,970
UUP/
UCUNF* 216,839 127,414 102,361
Other 461,482 487,042 554,608
Total 26,367,383 27,148,510 29,643,522
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SEATS CHANGING HANDS
CONSERVATIVE GAINS
LABOUR GAINS
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GAINS
ALLIANCE GAIN GREEN GAIN INDEPENDENT GAIN PLAID CYMRU GAIN SPEAKER GAIN
MAJORITIES SMALLEST MAJORITIES
LARGEST MAJORITIES
From Labour 87
From Liberal Democrats 12
From ICHC 1
Total 100
From Independent 1
From Liberal Democrats 1
From Respect 1
From Speaker 1
Total 4
From Labour 5
From Conservative 3
Total 8
From DUP 1
From Labour 1
From UUP 1
From Labour 1
From Conservative 1
Majority
Majority (per cent) Fermanagh & South Tyrone,
Michelle Gildernew, SF
4 0.0
Hampstead & Kilburn, Glenda Jackson, Lab.
42 0.1
Warwickshire North,Dan Byles, C. 54 0.1
Camborne & Redruth, George Eustice, C.
66 0.2
Bolton West,Julie Hilling, Lab. 92 0.2
Thurrock,Jackie Doyle-Price, C. 92 0.2
Hendon,Matthew Offord, Lab. 106 0.2
Oldham East & Saddleworth, Phil Woolas, Lab.
103 0.2
Oxford West & Abingdon, Nicola Blackwood, C.
176 0.3
Solihull,Lorely Burt, LD 175 0.3
Liverpool Walton,Steve Rotherham, Lab.
19,818 57.7
Knowsley,George Howarth, Lab. 25,686 57.5
East Ham,Stephen Timms, Lab. 27,826 55.2
Belfast West,Gerry Adams, SF 17,579 54.7
Glasgow North East,Willie Bain, Lab.
15,942 54.2
Liverpool West Derby, Stephen Twigg, Lab.
18,467 51.6
Bootle,Joe Benton, Lab. 21,181 51.3
Orkney & Shetland, Alistair Carmichael, LD
9,928 51.3
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath, Gordon Brown, Lab.
23,009 50.2
Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill, Tom Clarke, Lab.
20,714 49.8
TURNOUT
The UK parliamentary electorate on 6 May 2010 was 45,533,536. Overall turnout was 29,643,522, or 65.1 per cent. This excludes the 77,000 electors in the Thirsk
& Malton constituency, where the election was held on 27 May 2010 owing to the death of a candidate.
HIGHEST TURNOUT
LOWEST TURNOUT
PARLIAMENTS SINCE 1970
East Renfrewshire 77.3%
Westmorland & Lonsdale 76.9%
Richmond Park 76.2%
Winchester 75.8%
Devon Central 75.7%
Charnwood 75.6%
Somerset North East 75.4%
St Albans 75.4%
Kenilworth & Southam 75.2%
Thornbury & Yate 75.2%
Manchester Central 44.3%
Leeds Central 46.0%
Birmingham Ladywood 48.7%
Glasgow North East 49.1%
Blackley & Broughton 49.2%
Manchester Gorton 50.5%
Kingston upon Hull East 50.6%
Antrim East 50.7%
Glasgow Central 50.9%
Wythenshawe & Sale East 51.0%
Assembled Dissolved yr m. d.
29 June 1970 8 February 1974 3 7 10 6 March 1974 20 September 1974 0 6 14 22 October 1974 7 April 1979 4 5 16
9 May 1979 13 May 1983 4 0 4
15 June 1983 18 May 1987 3 11 3
17 June 1987 16 March 1992 4 8 28
27 April 1992 8 April 1997 4 11 12
7 May 1997 14 May 2001 4 0 7
13 June 2001 11 April 2005 3 9 29
11 May 2005 12 April 2010 4 11 1
11 May 2010 188 Parliament