General Election 2010

At the 2010 general election, Caroline Lucas won the constituency of Brighton Pavilion. 

In 2005, Greens scored a record 22% of the vote in Brighton. In 2007, the Green Party beat all the other parties in the constituency to win 30% of the vote and first place, and at the same time doubled our number of councillors on Brighton and Hove City Council. 

Find out more about the work of Caroline Lucas, now that she is MP for Brighton Pavilion: www.carolinelucas.com

 

In Norwich South, our candidate was Adrian Ramsay, leader at the time of the largest group of Green Councillors in the UK on Norwich City Council.

In both 2007 and 2008, the Greens received more votes than any other party in the local elections. More about Norwich Greens and their ongoing campaigns: http://www.norwichgreenparty.org/

 

In Lewisham Deptford, London Assembly Member and Lewisham Councillor Darren Johnson was our candidate for the next general election. In 2005, this was our second highest result in the General Election, when Darren gained 11% of the vote. Between then and the general election, we gained five more councillors in the area.

More about Lewisham's campaign: http://www.lewishamgreens.org.uk/ 

Local elections 2010

Local elections in 2010 took place at the same time as the General Election.  One third of the seats in each of 118 District, Borough, Metropolitan Borough and Unitary Councils outside of London, and all seats on the 32 London Borough Councils, were up for election. Three others have by-elections with Green party candidates.

Find out more about the local elections in 2010 on this page.

Results

Britain's first Green Party MP is Caroline Lucas - more news here.

Deputy Leader Adrian Ramsay received 14.9% in our second target seat of Norwich South and London Assembly Member Darren Johnson in Lewisham Deptford received 6.7%.

Tony Juniper received 7.6% of the vote in Cambridge, and Robin Harper MSP in Edinburgh East received 5.1% of the vote, as did Councillor Ian Davey in Hove. Councillor Ben Duncan in Brighton Kemptown won 5.5%.

Other highlights:

• Matt Sellwood in Hackney North and Stoke Newington with 4.6%.
• Stuart MacDonald received 4.1% of the vote in David Cameron's constituency of Witney.
• Mark Ereira-Guyer received 4.3% of the vote in Bury St. Edmunds.
• Dave Dixey with 4.6% in Leicester South.
• Councillor Andrew Cooper won 4.1% in Huddersfield.
• Councillor David Blackburn in Leeds West received 4.7%.

In general, the Green Party was squeezed to 1.0% to 1.5% of the vote in non-target seats where no candidate ran in 2005.  Councillors or NI Assembly members received around 2-4%.

Full results below.

Our target constituencies:

Constituency	Candidate name	2005 % of votes	2010 % of votes	Other info
Brighton Pavilion	Caroline Lucas	22.0	31.3	1st Green MP!!!
Norwich South	Adrian Ramsay	7.4	14.9	7,095 votes
Lewisham Deptford	Darren Johnson	11.1	6.72	2,772 votes

 

Eastern England

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Bedford	Ben Foley	393	0.87
Braintree	Daisy Blench	718	1.5
Brentwood and Ongar	Jess Barnecutt	584	1.15
Broadland	Susan Curran	752	1.4
Bury St Edmunds	Mark Ereira-Guyer	2521	4.29
Cambridge	Tony Juniper	3804	7.59
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Andrew Stringer	1452	2.7
Chelmsford	Angela Thomson	476	0.87
Clacton	Chris Southall	535	1.24
Colchester	Peter Lynn	694	1.48
Epping Forest	Simon Pepper	659	1.41
Great Yarmouth	Laura Biggart	416	0.97
Harwich and North Essex	Chris Fox	909	1.86
Hertsmere	Arjuna Krishna-Das	604	1.28
Hitchin and Harpenden	Richard Wise	807	1.48
Huntingdon	John Clare	652	1.2
Ipswich	Tim Glover	775	1.65
Luton North	Simon Hall	490	1.14
Luton South	Marc Scheimann	366	0.87
Mid Bedfordshire	Malcolm Bailey	773	1.41
Mid Norfolk	Timothy Birt	1457	2.87
North East Hertfordshire	Rosemary Bland	875	1.74
North Norfolk	Andrew Boswell	508	1.02
North West Norfolk	Michael de Whalley	745	1.56
Norwich North	Jessica Goldfinch	1245	2.9
Norwich South	Adrian Ramsay	7095	14.9
Peterborough	Fiona Radic	523	1.16
Rochford and Southend East	Andrew Vaughan	707	1.7
Saffron Walden	Reza Hossain	735	1.35
South Cambridgeshire	Simon Saggers	1039	1.76
South East Cambridgeshire	Simon Sedgwick-Jell	766	1.33
South Norfolk	Jo Willcott	1000	1.8
South West Norfolk	Lori Allen	830	1.69
Southend West	Barry Bolton	644	1.48
St Albans	Jack Easton	758	1.43
Suffolk Coastal	Rachel Fulcher	1103	2.01
Watford	Ian Brandon	885	1.60
Waveney	Graham Elliott	1167	2.28
Welwyn Hatfield	Jill Weston	796	1.63
Witham	James Abbott	1419	3.03

 

 

East Midlands

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Broxtowe	David Mitchell	423	0.8
Chesterfield	Duncan Kerr	600	1.31
Daventry	Steve Whiffen	770	1.49
Derbyshire Dales	Josh Stockell	772	1.65
Erewash	Lee Fletcher	534	1.12
High Peak	Peter Allen	922	1.83
Leicester East	Mo Taylor	733	1.53
Leicester South	Dave Dixey	770	4.63
Leicester West	Geoff Forse	639	1.78
Northampton North	Anthony Lochmuller	443	1.10
Northampton South	Julie Hawkins	363	0.93
Nottingham East	Benjamin Hoare	928	2.80
Nottingham South	Matthew Butcher	630	1.54
Rushcliffe	Richard Mallender	1251	2.33
South Holland and the Deepings	Ashley Baxter	724	1.44
South Northamptonshire	Marcus Rock	685	1.14
Wellingborough	Jonatham Hornett	480	0.93

 

 

London

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Barking	Jayne Forbes	317	0.70
Battersea	Guy Evans	559	1.15
Beckenham	Ann Garrett	608	1.28
Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Tom Chance	718	1.61
Bethnal Green and Bow	Farid Bakht	856	1.7
Bexleyheath and Crayford	Adrian Ross	371	0.86
Brent Central	Shahrar Ali	688	1.47
Brent North	Martin Francis	725	1.4
Brentford and Isleworth	John Hunt	787	1.46
Bromley and Chislehurst	Roisin Robertson	607	1.38
Camberwell and Peckham	Jenny Jones	1361	2.92
Carshalton and Wallington	George Dow	355	0.77
Chelsea and Fulham	Julia Stephenson	671	1.68
Chingford and Woodford Green	Lucy Craig	650	1.51
Chipping Barnet	Kate Tansley	1021	2.02
Cities of London and Westminster	Derek Chase	778	2.11
Croydon Central	Bernice Golberg	581	1.17
Croydon North	Shasha Khan	1017	1.97
Croydon South	Gordon Ross	981	1.74
Dagenham and Rainham	Debbie Rosaman	296	0.67
Dulwich and West Norwood	Shane Collins	1266	2.63
Ealing Central and Acton	Sarah Edwards	737	1.56
Ealing North	Christopher Warleigh-Lack	505	1.06
Ealing, Southall	Suneil Basu	705	1.65
East Ham	Judy Maciejowska	586	1.16
Edmonton	Jack Johnson	516	1.28
Eltham	Arthur Hayles	419	1.00
Enfield North	Bill Linton	489	1.1
Enfield, Southgate	Peter Krakowiak	632	1.42
Erith and Thamesmead	Marek Powley	322	0.76
Feltham and Heston	Elizabeth Anstis	530	1.09
Finchley and Golders Green	Donald Lyven	737	1.56
Greenwich and Woolwich	Andy Hewett	1054	2.59
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Matt Sellwood	2133	4.6
Hackney South and Shoreditch	Polly Lane	1493	3.57
Hammersmith	Rollo Miles	696	1.47
Hampstead and Kilburn	Beatrix Campbell	759	1.44
Harrow East	Madeleine Atkins	793	1.65
Harrow West	Rowan Langley	625	1.36
Hayes and Harlington	Jessica Lee	348	0.82
Hendon	Andrew Newby	518	1.12
Holborn and St Pancras	Natalie Bennett	1480	2.71
Hornchurch and Upminster	Melanie Collins	542	1.02
Hornsey and Wood Green	Pete McKaskie	1261	2.29
Ilford North	Caroline Allen	572	1.22
Ilford South	Wilson Chowdhry	1319	2.58
Islington North	Emma Dixon	1348	3.03
Islington South	James Humphreys	710	1.63
Kensington	Melan-Zahra Ebrahimi-Fardouee	753	2.14
Kingston and Surbiton	Chris Walker	555	0.97
Lewisham East	Priscilla Cotterell	624	1.50
Lewisham West and Penge	Romayne Phoenix	931	2.07
Lewisham, Deptford	Darren Johnson	2772	6.72
Leyton and Wanstead	Ashley Gunstock	562	3.18
Mitcham and Morden	Smarajit Roy	381	0.87
Old Bexley and Sidcup	Jonathan Rooks	371	0.82
Orpington	Tamara Galloway	511	1.04
Poplar and Limehouse	Chris Smith	449	0.96
Putney	Bruce Mackenzie	591	1.45
Richmond Park	James Page	572	0.97
Romford	Gerry Haines	447	0.96
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	Graham Lee	740	1.47
Streatham	Rebecca Findlay	861	1.84
Sutton and Cheam	Peter Hickson	246	0.51
Tooting	Roy Vickery	609	1.2
Tottenham	Anne Gray	980	2.41
Twickenham	Stephen Roest	674	1.13
Uxbridge and South Ruislip	Mike Harling	477	1.06
Vauxhall	Joseph Healy	708	1.64
Walthamstow	Daniel Perrett	767	1.87
West Ham	Jane Lithgow	645	1.34
Westminster North	Tristan Smith	478	1.21
Wimbledon	Rajeev Thacker	590	1.24

 

 

North East

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Gateshead	Andy Redfern	379	0.99
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	John Pearson	568	1.66
Newcastle upon Tyne East	Andrew Gray	620	1.60
Newcastle upon Tyne North	Anna Heyman	319	0.73
South Shields	Shirley Ford	762	2.09
Tynemouth	Julia Erskine	538	1.02
Wansbeck	Nic Best	601	1.57

 

 

North West

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Barrow and Furness	Chris Loynes	530	1.20
Bolton South East	Alan Johnson	614	1.6
Bolton West	Rachel Mann	545	1.15
Bury South	George Heron	493	0.41
Carlisle	John Reardon	614	1.46
City of Chester	Tom Barker	535	1.14
Copeland	Jill Perry	389	0.9
Fylde	Philip Mitchell	654	1.5
Halton	Jim Craig	647	1.6
Hyndburn	Kerry Gormley	463	1.1
Lancaster and Fleetwood	Gina Dowding	1888	4.4
Liverpool, Riverside	Tom Crone	1355	3.5
Liverpool, Wavertree	Rebecca Lawson	598	1.60
Macclesfield	John Knight	840	1.68
Manchester Central	Gayle O'Donovan	915	2.29
Manchester, Gorton	Justine Hall	1048	2.73
Manchester, Withington	Brian Candeland	798	1.77
Morecambe and Lunesdale	Chris Coates	598	1.4
Stalybridge and Hyde	Ruth Bergan	679	1.66
Stockport	Peter Barber	677	1.73
Stretford and Urmston	Margaret Westbrook	916	2.04
Warrington South	Stephanie Davies	427	0.78
Weaver Vale	Howard Thorp	338	0.77
West Lancashire	Peter Cranie	485	1

 

 

South East 

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Ashford	Steve Campkin	1014	1.8
Banbury	Alastair White	959	1.71
Beaconsfield	Jem Bailey	768	1.46
Bracknell	David Young	825	1.58
Brighton Kemptown	Ben Duncan	2330	5.46
Brighton Pavilion	Caroline Lucas	16238	31.3
Canterbury	Geoff Meaden	1137	2.3
Chatham and Aylesford	Dave Arthur	396	0.90
Chesham and Amsersham	Nick Wilkins	767	1.46
Crawley	Phil Smith	598	1.26
East Worthing and Shoreham	Susan Board	1126	2.33
Fareham	Peter Doggett	791	1.46
Faversham and Mid Kent	Tim Valentine	890	1.91
Folkestone and Hythe	Penny Kemp	637	1.21
Gillingham and Rainham	Trish Marchant	356	0.76
Gosport	Claire Smith	573	1.22
Gravesham	Richard Crawford	675	1.43
Henley	Mark Stevenson	1328	2.48
Horsham	Nick Fitter	570	1.02
Hove	Ian Davey	2568	5.15
Isle of Wight	Bob Keats	931	1.33
Lewes	Susan Murray	729	1.8
Maidenhead	Peter Forbes	482	0.90
Maidstone and The Weald	Stuart Jeffery	655	1.34
Mid Sussex	Paul Brown	645	1.15
Milton Keynes North	Alan Francis	733	1.36
Milton Keynes South	Katrina Deacon	774	1.4
Mole Valley	Rob Sedgwick	895	1.65
New Forest East	Beverley Golden	1024	2.05
New Forest West	Janet Richards	1059	2.23
Newbury	Adrian Hollister	490	0 .84
Oxford East	Sushila Dhall	1238	2.4
Oxford West and Abingdon	Chris Goodall	1184	2.1
Portsmouth North	Iain Maclennan	461	1.04
Portsmouth South	Tim Dawes	716	1.74
Reading East	Rob White	1069	2.14
Reading West	Adrian Windisch	582	1.22
Reigate	Jonathan Essex	1087	2.17
Rochester and Strood	Simon Marchant	734	1.53
Runnymede and Weybridge	Jenny Gould	696	1.45
Slough	Miriam Kennet	542	1.14
South West Surrey	Cherry Allan	690	1.21
Southampton, Itchen	John Spottiswoode	600	1.35
Southampton, Test	Chris Bluemel	881	1.99
Tonbridge and Malling	Steve Dawe	764	1.49
Tunbridge Wells	Hazel Dawe	914	1.82
Wantage	Adam Twine	1044	1.85
Wealden	David Jonas	1383	2.52
Windsor	Derek Wall	628	1.3
Witney	Stuart MacDonald	2385	4.13
Wokingham	Marjory Bisset	567	1.04
Worthing West	David Aherne	996	2.03

 

 

South West

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Bath	Eric Lucas	1120	2.4
Bridgwater and West Somerset	Charles Graham	859	1.58
Bristol East	Glenn Vowles	803	1.78
Bristol North West	Alex Dunn	511	1.02
Bristol South	Charlie Bolton	1216	2.51
Bristol West	Ricky Knight	2090	3.78
Cambourne and Redruth	Euan McPhee	581	1.37
Central Devon	Colin Matthews	1044	1.94
Chippenham	Samantha Fletcher	446	0.85
Devizes	Mark Fletcher	813	1.75
East Devon	Sharon Pavey	815	1.5
Exeter	Paula Black	792	1.52
Filton and Bradley Stoke	Jon Lucas	441	0.90
Forest of Dean	James Greenwood	923	1.89
Gloucester	Brian Meloy	511	1.01
Kingswood	Nick Foster	383	0.8
Newton Abbot	Corinne Lindsey	701	1.5
North Devon	L'Anne Knight	617	1.2
North Dorset	Anna Hayball	546	1.01
North East Somerset	Michael Jay	670	1.3
North Swindon	John Hughes	487	0.96
North Wiltshire	Phil Chamberlain	599	1.23
Plymouth, Moor View	Wendy Miller	398	0.96
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport	Tony Brown	904	2.06
Salisbury	Nick Startin	506	1.04
South Dorset	Brian Heatley	595	1.18
South East Cornwall	Roger Creagh-Osborne	826	1.66
South Swindon	Jenni Miles	619	1.31
South West Devon	Vaughan Brean	641	1.29
St Ives	Tim Andrewes	1308	2.85
Stroud	Martin Whiteside	1542	2.66
Tewkesbury	Matthew Sidford	525	0.97
The Cotswolds	Kevin Lister	940	1.71
Tiverton and Honiton	Cathy Connor	802	1.46
Torbay	Sam Moss	468	0.95
Torridge and West Devon	Cathrine Simmons	1050	1.90
Totnes	Lydia Somerville	1181	2.47
Truro and Falmouth	Ian Wright	858	1.76
Wells	Chris Briton	631	1.13
West Dorset	J Susan Greene	675	1.18

  

 

Wales

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Brecon and Radnorshire	Dorienne Robinson	341	0.88
Cardiff Central	Sam Coates	575	1.59
Cardff North	Christopher von Ruhland	362	0.76
Cardiff South and Penarth	Matt Townsend	554	1.59
Cardiff West	Jake Griffiths	750	1.83
Ceredigion	Leila Kiersch	696	1.82
Monmouth	Stephen Millson	587	1.26
Newport West	Pippa Bartolotti	450	1.13
Pontypridd	John Matthews	361	0.98
Swansea East	Tony Young	318	0.97
Swansea West	Keith M Ross	404	1.14
Torfaen	Owen Clarke	438	1.16
Vale of Glamorgan	Rhodri Thomas	457	1.33

 

 

West Midlands

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Aldridge-Brownhills	Karl MacNaughton	847	2.19
Birmingham, Edgbaston	Phil Simpson	469	1.13
Birmingham, Ladywood	Peter Beck	859	2.4
Birmingham, Northfield	Susan Pearce	406	0.97
Birmingham, Selly Oak	James Burn	664	1.43
Coventry North West	Justin Wood	497	1.07
Coventry South	Stephen Gray	639	1.39
Kenilworth and Southam	James Harrison	568	1.2
Ludlow	Jacqui Morrish	447	0.92
Meriden	Elly Stanton	678	1.3
Mid Worcestershire	Gordon Matthews	593	1.2
North Herefordshire	Felicity Norman	1533	3.2
North Shropshire	Steve Boulding	808	1.56
Redditch	Kevin White	393	0.89
Rugby	Roy Sandison	451	0.95
Shrewsbury and Atcham	Alan Whittaker	565	1.07
Stafford	Mike Shone	564	1.12
Stone	Damon Hoppe	490	1.04
Stourbridge	Will Duckworth	394	0.83
Stratford on Avon	Karen Varga	527	1.04
Sutton Coldfield	Joe Rooney	535	1.06
Warwick and Leamington	Ian Davison	693	1.4
West Worcestershire	Malcolm Victory	641	1.19
Worcester	Louis Stephen	735	1.5

 

 

Yorkshire and Humberside

Constituency	Candidate name	2010 votes	2010 vote share %	Other info
Batley and Spen	Matt Blakeley	605	1.16
Beverley and Holderness	Bill Rigby	686	1.29
Bradford West	David Ford	940	2.32
Calder Valley	Kate Sweeney	858	1.66
Colne Valley	Chas Ball	867	1.57
Dewsbury	Adrian Cruden	849	1.57
East Yorkshire	Mike Jackson	762	1.5
Haltemprice and Howden	Shan Oakes	669	1.37
Huddersfield	Andrew Cooper	1641	4.05
Kingston upon Hull North	Martin Deane	478	1.44
Leeds North West	Martin Hemingway	508	1.17
Leeds West	David Blackburn	1832	4.73
Richmond (Yorks)	Leslie Rowe	1516	2.84
Scarborough and Whitby	Dilys Cluer	734	1.49
Scunthorpe	Natalie Hurst	396	1.07
Sheffield Central	Jillian Creasy	1556	3.75
Sheffield, Hallam	Steve Barnard	919	1.81
Sheffield, Heeley	Gareth Roberts	989	2.42
Shipley	Kevin Warnes	1477	2.99
Wakefield	Miriam Hawkins	873	1.96
York Central	Andy Chase	1669	3.6