Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Emily Benn
Table title:
2010 general election
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tim Loughton </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 23,458 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 48.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +4.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal Democrat </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > James Doyle </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12,353 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 25.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +1.2 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Emily Benn </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8,087 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > −8.8 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > UKIP </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mike Glennon </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,984 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6.2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +1.4 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Green </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Susan Board </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,126 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.3 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > English Democrat </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Clive Maltby </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 389 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11,105 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 22.9 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 48,397 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 65.4 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +3.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Conservative hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How well did Emily Benn perform at the 2010 general election?
Answer:
At the election, Benn finished in third place, behind the Liberal Democrat candidate in second place, while Loughton increased his majority to 11,105 votes.