Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 Scotland - by party
A general election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 45,597,461, having 29,687,604 valid votes and 81,879 invalid votes.
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Registered political parties nominating candidates standing in the general election on 6 May 2010. This list does not include candidates standing as independents or the candidate standing as House of Commons Speaker.
Party | Constituencies contested | Votes | Vote share | Constituencies won |
Labour | 59 | 1,035,528 | 42.1% | 41 |
Liberal Democrat | 59 | 465,471 | 18.9% | 11 |
Scottish National Party | 59 | 491,386 | 20.0% | 6 |
Conservative | 59 | 412,905 | 16.8% | 1 |
UK Independence Party | 28 | 17,223 | 0.7% | 0 |
Scottish Green Party | 20 | 16,827 | 0.7% | 0 |
British National Party | 13 | 8,910 | 0.4% | 0 |
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 10 | 3,530 | 0.1% | 0 |
Scottish Socialist Party | 10 | 3,157 | 0.1% | 0 |
Socialist Labour Party | 5 | 1,673 | 0.1% | 0 |
Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 1 | 835 | 0.0% | 0 |
Trust | 1 | 534 | 0.0% | 0 |
Liberal | 1 | 389 | 0.0% | 0 |
The Scottish Jacobite Party | 2 | 290 | 0.0% | 0 |
Communist Party of Britain | 1 | 179 | 0.0% | 0 |
Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers | 1 | 138 | 0.0% | 0 |
Pirate Party UK | 1 | 128 | 0.0% | 0 |
The Joy of Talk | 1 | 93 | 0.0% | 0 |
Land Party | 1 | 57 | 0.0% | 0 |
Communist League Election Campaign | 1 | 48 | 0.0% | 0 |