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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 East on 6 May 2010.

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

Labour hold by Margaret Curran with a majority of 11,840 - 36.8% - on a turnout of 52.0%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
CURRAN, Margaret Lab 19,797 61.6% 0.9%
MASON, John SNP 7,957 24.7% 7.7%
WARD, Kevin LD 1,617 5.0% -6.8%
KHAN, Hamira Con 1,453 4.5% -2.4%
FINNIE, Joseph BNP 677 2.1% -
CURRAN, Frances SSP 454 1.4% -2.1%
THACKERAY, Arthur Misty UKIP 209 0.6% -

An electorate of 61,865, having a valid vote count of 32,164 and an invalid vote count of 50.

Result declared at 02:06 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.