Election for the constituency of Dundee East on 6 May 2010

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Dundee East, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

SNP hold by Stewart Hosie with a majority of 1,821 - 4.5% - on a turnout of 62.0%.

An electorate of 65,471, having a valid vote count of 40,568 and an invalid vote count of 72.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
HOSIE, Stewart SNP 15,350 37.8% 0.6%
MURRAY, Katrina Lab 13,529 33.3% -2.9%
BUSTIN, Chris Con 6,177 15.2% 2.4%
SNEDDON, Clive LD 4,285 10.6% -0.8%
BAIRD, Shiona Green 542 1.3% -
ARTHUR, Michael UKIP 431 1.1% 0.3%
GORRIE, Angela SSP 254 0.6% -0.7%

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 02:12 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.