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The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of Falkirk on 6 May 2010.

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

Labour hold by Eric Joyce with a majority of 7,843 - 15.4% - on a turnout of 62.0%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
JOYCE, Eric Lab 23,207 45.7% -5.1%
MCNALLY, John SNP 15,364 30.3% 8.9%
MACKIE, Katie Con 5,698 11.2% 1.3%
LEACH, Kieran LD 5,225 10.3% -5.7%
GOLDIE, Brian UKIP 1,283 2.5% -

An electorate of 81,869, having a valid vote count of 50,777 and an invalid vote count of 91.

Result declared at 01:56 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.