Marginal constituencies in the 2010 United Kingdom general election

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This is a list of marginal seats in the United Kingdom after the results in the 2010 General Election.

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Most marginal constituencies

Ten most marginal seats (by majority) from 2010 General Election.

RankConstituencyMP ElectedFirst Place PartySecond Place PartyMajority%
1 Fermanagh and South Tyrone Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin Independent 40.0%
2 Hampstead and Kilburn Glenda Jackson Labour Conservative 420.1%
3 North Warwickshire Dan Byles Conservative Labour 540.1%
4 Camborne and Redruth George Eustice Conservative Liberal Democrats 660.2%
5 Bolton West Julie Hilling Labour Conservative 920.2%
5 Thurrock Jackie Doyle-Price Conservative Labour 920.2%
7 Oldham East and Saddleworth* Phil Woolas Labour Liberal Democrats 1030.2%
8 Hendon Matthew Offord Conservative Labour 1060.2%
9 Sheffield Central Paul Blomfield Labour Liberal Democrats 1650.4%
10 Solihull Lorely Burt Liberal Democrats Conservative 1750.3%

Conservative marginals

Conservative - Labour marginals

Conservative Labour

Constituencies where the Conservative Party holds a marginal lead over the Labour Party:

RankConstituencyMP ElectedMajority%
1 North Warwickshire Dan Byles 540.1%
2 Thurrock Jackie Doyle-Price 920.2%
3 Hendon Matthew Offord 1060.2%
4 Cardiff North Jonathan Evans 1940.4%
5 Sherwood Mark Spencer 2140.4%
6 Stockton South James Wharton 3320.7%
7 Lancaster and Fleetwood Eric Ollerenshaw 3330.8%
8 Broxtowe Anna Soubry 3890.7%
9 Amber Valley Nigel Mills 5361.2%
10 Wolverhampton South West Paul Uppal 6911.7%
11 Waveney Peter Aldous 7691.5%
12 Carlisle John Stevenson 8532.0%
13 Morecambe and Lunesdale David Morris 8662.0%
14 Weaver Vale Graham Evans 9912.3%
15 Lincoln Karl McCartney 1,0582.3%
16 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Oliver Colvile 1,1492.6%
17 Stroud Neil Carmichael 1,2992.2%
18 Brighton Kemptown Simon Kirby 1,3283.1%
19 Bedford Richard Fuller 1,3533.0%
20 Dewsbury Simon Reevell 1,5262.8%
21 Keighley Kris Hopkins 2,9406.2%
22 Worcester Robin Walker 2,9826.1%
23 Cannock Chase Aidan Burley 3,1957.0%
24 Aberconwy Guto Bebb 3,39811.3%
25 Harrow East Bob Blackman 3,4037.1%
26 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Simon Hart 3,4238.5%
27 Warwick and Leamington Chris White 3,5137.2%
28 South Swindon Robert Buckland 3,5447.5%
29 Stevenage Stephen McPartland 3,5788.0%
30 Pendle Andrew Stephenson 3,5858.0%
31 Ealing Central and Acton Angie Bray 3,7167.9%
32 Loughborough Nicky Morgan 3,7447.1%
33 Dudley South Chris Kelly 3,85610.1%
34 Norwich North Chloe Smith 3,9019.2%
35 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale David Mundell 4,1949.1%
36 Great Yarmouth Brandon Lewis 4,2769.9%
37 Cleethorpes Martin Vickers 4,2989.6%
38 Vale of Glamorgan Alun Cairns 4,3078.8%
39 Rossendale and Darwen Jake Berry 4,4939.5%
40 Elmet and Rothwell Alec Shelbrooke 4,5218.1%
41 Preseli Pembrokeshire Stephen Crabb 4,60511.6%
42 High Peak Andrew Bingham 4,6779.3%
43 Peterborough Stewart Jackson 4,86110.8%
44 North East Somerset Jacob Rees-Mogg 4,9149.6%
45 Harlow Robert Halfon 4,92511.2%

Conservative - Liberal Democrat marginals

Conservative Liberal Democrats

Constituencies where the Conservative Party holds a marginal lead over the Liberal Democrats:

RankConstituencyMP ElectedMajority%
1 Camborne and Redruth George Eustice 660.2%
2 Oxford West and Abingdon Nicola Blackwood 1760.3%
3 Truro and Falmouth Sarah Newton 4350.9%
4 Newton Abbot Anne Marie Morris 5231.1%
5 Harrogate and Knaresborough Andrew Jones 1,0392.0%
6 Montgomeryshire Glyn Davies 1,1843.5%
7 Watford Richard Harrington 1,4252.6%
8 St Albans Anne Main 2,3054.4%
9 Hereford and South Herefordshire Jesse Norman 2,4815.1%
10 Weston-super-Mare John Penrose 2,6915.1%
11 Torridge and West Devon Geoffrey Cox 2,9575.4%
12 Winchester Steve Brine 3,0485.4%
13 South East Cornwall Sheryll Murray 3,2206.5%
14 Bristol North West Charlotte Leslie 3,2746.5%
15 York Outer Julian Sturdy 3,6886.9%
16 West Dorset Oliver Letwin 3,9236.8%
17 Richmond Park Zac Goldsmith 4,0916.9%
18 Romsey and Southampton North Caroline Nokes 4,1568.5%
19 Colne Valley Jason McCartney 4,8378.7%
20 Totnes Sarah Wollaston 4,92710.3%

Other Conservative marginals

Constituencies where the Conservative Party holds a marginal lead over another party:

ConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
Wyre Forest Mark Garnier Conservative Health Concern 2,6435.2%

Liberal Democrat marginals

Liberal Democrat - Conservative marginals

Liberal Democrats Conservative

Constituencies where the Liberal Democrats holds a marginal lead over the Conservative Party:

RankConstituencyMP ElectedMajority%
1 Solihull Lorely Burt 1750.3%
2 Mid Dorset and North Poole Annette Brooke 2690.6%
3 Wells Tessa Munt 8001.4%
4 St Austell and Newquay Stephen Gilbert 1,3122.8%
5 Sutton and Cheam Paul Burstow 1,6083.3%
6 St Ives Andrew George 1,7193.7%
7 Somerton and Frome David Heath 1,8173.0%
8 Chippenham Duncan Hames 2,4704.7%
9 Berwick-upon-Tweed Alan Beith 2,6907.0%
10 North Cornwall Dan Rogerson 2,9816.4%
11 Cheadle Mark Hunter 3,2726.2%
12 Argyll and Bute Alan Reid 3,4317.6%
13 Eastbourne Stephen Lloyd 3,4356.6%
14 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Robert Smith 3,6848.2%
15 Brecon and Radnorshire Roger Williams 3,7479.6%
16 Eastleigh Chris Huhne 3,8647.2%
17 Taunton Deane Jeremy Browne 3,9936.9%
18 Torbay Adrian Sanders 4,0788.3%
19 Cheltenham Martin Horwood 4,9209.3%

Liberal Democrat - Labour marginals

Liberal Democrats Labour

Constituencies where the Liberal Democrats holds a marginal lead over the Labour Party:

RankConstituencyMP ElectedMajority%
1 Norwich South Simon Wright 3100.7%
2 Bradford East David Ward 3650.9%
3 Brent Central Sarah Teather 1,3453.0%
4 Burnley Gordon Birtwistle 1,8184.3%
5 Manchester Withington John Leech 1,8944.2%
6 East Dunbartonshire Jo Swinson 2,1844.6%
7 Birmingham Yardley John Hemming 3,0027.3%
8 Edinburgh West Mike Crockart 3,8038.2%
9 Cardiff Central Jenny Willott 4,57612.7%
10 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross John Thurso 4,82616.8%

Labour marginals

Labour - Conservative marginals

Labour Conservative

Constituencies where the Labour Party holds a marginal lead over the Conservative Party:

RankConstituencyMP ElectedMajority%
1 Hampstead and Kilburn Glenda Jackson 420.1%
2 Bolton West Julie Hilling 920.2%
3 Southampton Itchen John Denham 1920.4%
4 Wirral South Alison McGovern 5311.3%
5 Derby North Chris Williamson 6131.4%
6 Dudley North Ian Austin 6491.7%
7 Great Grimsby Austin Mitchell 7142.2%
8 Telford David Wright 9782.4%
9 Walsall North David Winnick 9902.7%
10 Morley and Outwood Ed Balls 1,1012.3%
11 Birmingham Edgbaston Gisela Stuart 1,2743.1%
12 Halifax Linda Riordan 1,4723.4%
13 Newcastle-under-Lyme Paul Farrelly 1,5523.6%
14 Plymouth Moor View Alison Seabeck 1,5883.8%
15 Wakefield Mary Creagh 1,6133.6%
16 Eltham Clive Efford 1,6634.0%
17 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Tom Blenkinsop 1,6773.6%
18 Walsall South Valerie Vaz 1,7554.3%
19 Nottingham South Lilian Greenwood 1,7724.3%
20 Blackpool South Gordon Marsden 1,8525.3%
21 Gedling Vernon Coaker 1,8593.9%
22 Westminster North Karen Buck 2,1265.4%
23 Bridgend Madeleine Moon 2,2635.9%
24 Delyn David Hanson 2,2726.1%
25 Luton South Gavin Shuker 2,3295.5%
26 Southampton Test Alan Whitehead 2,4135.5%
27 North East Derbyshire Natascha Engel 2,4455.2%
28 Wolverhampton North East Emma Reynolds 2,4847.1%
29 Vale of Clwyd Chris Ruane 2,5097.1%
30 Tooting Sadiq Khan 2,5245.0%
31 Scunthorpe Nic Dakin 2,5496.9%
32 Chorley Lindsay Hoyle 2,5935.2%
33 Dagenham and Rainham Jon Cruddas 2,6305.9%
34 Gower Martin Caton 2,6836.4%
35 Exeter Ben Bradshaw 2,7215.2%
36 Stalybridge and Hyde Jonathan Reynolds 2,7446.7%
37 Birmingham Northfield Richard Burden 2,7826.7%
38 Clwyd South Susan Elan Jones 2,8348.2%
39 Alyn and Deeside Mark Tami 2,9197.3%
40 Penistone and Stocksbridge Angela Smith 3,0496.6%
41 Hyndburn Graham Jones 3,0907.2%
42 Harrow West Gareth Thomas 3,1436.8%
43 Birmingham Erdington Jack Dromey 3,2779.2%
44 Bury South Ivan Lewis 3,2926.8%
45 Darlington Jenny Chapman 3,3887.9%
46 Birmingham Selly Oak Steve McCabe 3,4827.5%
47 Newport West Paul Flynn 3,5448.9%
48 Hammersmith Andy Slaughter 3,5497.5%
49 Don Valley Caroline Flint 3,5958.3%
50 Bristol East Kerry McCarthy 3,7228.3%
51 Copeland Jamie Reed 3,8339.0%
52 Coventry South Jim Cunningham 3,8458.4%
53 Sefton Central Bill Esterson 3,8628.0%
54 Leicester West Liz Kendall 4,01711.2%
55 Bolton North East David Crausby 4,0849.4%
56 Stoke-on-Trent South Rob Flello 4,13010.4%
57 Ellesmere Port and Neston Andrew Miller 4,3319.8%
58 Worsley and Eccles South Barbara Keeley 4,33710.4%
59 West Lancashire Rosie Cooper 4,3439.0%
60 Batley and Spen Mike Wood 4,4068.6%
61 Huddersfield Barry Sheerman 4,47211.0%
62 Leeds North East Fabian Hamilton 4,5459.6%
63 Workington Tony Cunningham 4,57511.7%
64 Bradford South Gerry Sutcliffe 4,62212.2%
65 Feltham and Heston* Alan Keen 4,6589.6%
66 Cardiff South and Penarth* Alun Michael 4,70910.6%
67 Cardiff West Kevin Brennan 4,75111.6%

Labour - Liberal Democrat marginals

Labour Liberal Democrats

Constituencies where the Labour Party holds a marginal lead over the Liberal Democrats:

RankConstituencyMP ElectedMajority%
1 Oldham East and Saddleworth* Phil Woolas 1030.2%
2 Sheffield Central Paul Blomfield 1650.4%
3 Ashfield Gloria De Piero 1920.4%
4 Edinburgh South Ian Murray 3160.7%
5 Swansea West Geraint Davies 5041.4%
6 Chesterfield Toby Perkins 5491.2%
7 Kingston upon Hull North Diana Johnson 6411.9%
8 Rochdale Simon Danczuk 8891.9%
9 Newport East Jessica Morden 1,6504.8%
10 Edinburgh North and Leith Mark Lazarowicz 1,7243.6%
11 Pontypridd Owen Smith 2,7857.6%
12 City of Durham Roberta Blackman-Woods 3,0676.6%
13 Streatham Chuka Umunna 3,2597.0%
14 Newcastle upon Tyne NortH Catherine McKinnell 3,4147.8%
15 Aberdeen South Anne Begg 3,5068.1%
16 Islington South and Finsbury Emily Thornberry 3,5698.2%
17 Wrexham Ian Lucas 3,65811.1%
18 Glasgow North Ann McKechin 3,89813.2%
19 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Dai Havard 4,05612.6%
20 Newcastle upon Tyne East Nick Brown 4,45311.8%
21 Oxford East Andrew Smith 4,5818.9%
22 Bristol South Dawn Primarolo 4,7349.8%

Other Labour marginals

Constituencies where the Labour Party holds a marginal lead over another party:

RankConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
1 Ynys Môn Albert Owen Labour Plaid Cymru 2,4617.1%
2 Birmingham Hall Green Roger Godsiff Labour Respect 3,7997.8%
3 Llanelli Nia Griffith Labour Plaid Cymru 4,70112.5%

Other Parties

Other Parties marginal seats by majority:

Alliance Party

ConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
Belfast East Naomi Long Alliance DUP 1,5334.4%

Democratic Unionist Party

ConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
South Antrim William McCrea DUP UCU 1,1833.5%
Belfast North Nigel Dodds DUP Sinn Féin 2,2246.0%
Upper Bann David Simpson DUP UCU 3,3618.1%

Green Party

ConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas Green Labour 1,2522.4%

Plaid Cymru

ConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
Arfon Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru Labour 1,4555.6%
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Jonathan Edwards Plaid Cymru Labour 3,4819.2%

Social Democratic Labour Party

ConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
Foyle Mark Durkan SDLP Sinn Féin 4,82412.7%

Sinn Fein

ConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin Independent 40.0%

Scottish National Party

RankConstituencyMP ElectedFirst PartySecond PartyMajority%
1 Dundee East Stewart Hosie SNP Labour 1,8214.5%
2 Na h-Eileanan an Iar Angus MacNeil SNP Labour 1,88512.8%
3 Angus Mike Weir SNP Conservative 3,2828.6%
4 Banff and Buchan Eilidh Whiteford SNP Conservative 4,02710.5%
5 Perth and North Perthshire Pete Wishart SNP Conservative 4,3799.1%

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