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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 Glasgow Central on 6 May 2010.

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

Labour hold by Anas Sarwar with a majority of 10,551 - 34.5% - on a turnout of 50.9%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SARWAR, Anas Lab 15,908 52.0% 3.8%
SAEED, Osama SNP 5,357 17.5% 2.7%
YOUNG, Christopher LD 5,010 16.4% -1.4%
BRADLEY, John Con 2,158 7.1% 0.8%
WHITELAW, Alastair Green 800 2.6% -2.3%
HOLT, Ian BNP 616 2.0% -0.4%
NESBITT, James SSP 357 1.2% -2.8%
URQUHART, Ramsay UKIP 246 0.8% -
ARCHIBALD, Finlay Prte 128 0.4% -

An electorate of 60,105, having a valid vote count of 30,580 and an invalid vote count of 85.

Result declared at 02:18 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.