Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 Elections contested by Scottish National 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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Constituency | Candidate | Electorate | Turnout | Votes | Vote share | Vote change | Position |
Na h-Eileanan An Iar | MACNEIL, Angus | 21,780 | 67.6% | 6,723 | 45.7% | 0.8% | 1st |
Orkney and Shetland | MOWAT, John | 33,085 | 58.5% | 2,042 | 10.6% | 0.2% | 3rd |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | URQUHART, Jean | 47,263 | 60.9% | 5,516 | 19.2% | 5.8% | 3rd |
Glasgow North | GRADY, Patrick | 51,490 | 57.5% | 3,530 | 11.9% | -1.0% | 3rd |
Ross, Skye and Lochaber | STEPHEN, Alasdair | 51,836 | 67.2% | 5,263 | 15.1% | 5.5% | 3rd |
Glasgow South West | STEPHENS, Christopher | 58,191 | 54.6% | 5,192 | 16.3% | 1.0% | 2nd |
Inverclyde | NELSON, Iness | 59,209 | 63.4% | 6,577 | 17.5% | -2.0% | 2nd |
Edinburgh South | HOWAT, Sandy | 59,362 | 73.8% | 3,354 | 7.7% | 1.5% | 4th |
Glasgow North East | MCALLISTER, Billy | 59,861 | 49.1% | 4,158 | 14.1% | -3.5% | 2nd |
Glasgow Central | SAEED, Osama | 60,105 | 50.9% | 5,357 | 17.5% | 2.7% | 2nd |
Edinburgh East | KEREVAN, George | 60,945 | 65.4% | 8,133 | 20.4% | 3.4% | 2nd |
Glasgow North West | PARK, Margaret | 60,997 | 58.3% | 5,430 | 15.3% | 1.5% | 3rd |
Paisley and Renfrewshire South | DOIG, Andrew | 61,197 | 65.4% | 7,228 | 18.1% | 0.5% | 2nd |
Midlothian | BEATTIE, Colin | 61,387 | 63.9% | 8,100 | 20.6% | 3.7% | 2nd |
Glasgow East | MASON, John | 61,865 | 52.0% | 7,957 | 24.7% | 7.7% | 2nd |
Airdrie and Shotts | COYLE, Sophia | 62,364 | 57.5% | 8,441 | 23.5% | 7.0% | 2nd |
North East Fife | CAMPBELL, Rod | 62,771 | 63.8% | 5,685 | 14.2% | 3.8% | 4th |
Angus | WEIR, Mike | 62,860 | 60.4% | 15,020 | 39.6% | 5.9% | 1st |
Dundee West | BARRIE, James | 63,013 | 58.9% | 10,716 | 28.9% | -1.2% | 2nd |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North | MACLAREN, Margaret | 63,704 | 68.6% | 8,333 | 19.1% | 0.2% | 2nd |
East Dunbartonshire | WHITE, Iain | 63,795 | 75.2% | 5,054 | 10.5% | 4.7% | 4th |
Aberdeen South | MCDONALD, Mark | 64,031 | 67.2% | 5,102 | 11.9% | 2.0% | 4th |
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | HEPBURN, Julie | 64,037 | 64.3% | 9,794 | 23.8% | 1.6% | 2nd |
Banff and Buchan | WHITEFORD, Eilidh | 64,300 | 59.8% | 15,868 | 41.3% | -9.9% | 1st |
Aberdeen North | STRATHDEE, Joanna | 64,808 | 58.2% | 8,385 | 22.2% | -0.1% | 2nd |
Glasgow South | FLEMING, Malcolm | 65,069 | 61.6% | 8,078 | 20.1% | 7.5% | 2nd |
Edinburgh West | CLELAND, Sheena | 65,159 | 71.3% | 6,115 | 13.2% | 4.1% | 4th |
Dundee East | HOSIE, Stewart | 65,471 | 62.0% | 15,350 | 37.8% | 0.6% | 1st |
Moray | ROBERTSON, Angus | 65,925 | 62.2% | 16,273 | 39.7% | 3.1% | 1st |
Stirling | LINDSAY, Alison | 66,080 | 70.9% | 8,091 | 17.3% | 4.7% | 3rd |
West Dunbartonshire | MCCORMICK, Graeme | 66,086 | 64.0% | 8,497 | 20.1% | -1.6% | 2nd |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | ROBERTSON, Dennis | 66,110 | 68.4% | 7,086 | 15.7% | 4.4% | 3rd |
East Renfrewshire | ARCHER, Gordon | 66,249 | 77.3% | 4,535 | 8.9% | 2.0% | 4th |
Edinburgh South West | STEWART, Kaukab | 66,361 | 68.5% | 5,530 | 12.2% | 1.6% | 4th |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | ORR, Aileen | 66,627 | 68.9% | 4,945 | 10.8% | 1.6% | 4th |
Motherwell and Wishaw | FELLOWS, Marion | 66,918 | 58.5% | 7,104 | 18.2% | 1.7% | 2nd |
Argyll and Bute | MCKENZIE, Michael | 67,165 | 67.3% | 8,563 | 18.9% | 3.4% | 4th |
Glenrothes | ALEXANDER, David | 67,765 | 59.8% | 8,799 | 21.7% | -1.6% | 2nd |
Central Ayrshire | MULLEN, John | 68,352 | 64.2% | 8,364 | 19.0% | 7.5% | 3rd |
Edinburgh North and Leith | CASHLEY, Calum | 69,207 | 68.4% | 4,568 | 9.6% | -0.5% | 4th |
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | MCGLINCHEY, Frances | 70,067 | 59.4% | 7,014 | 16.8% | 3.3% | 2nd |
Perth and North Perthshire | WISHART, Pete | 72,141 | 66.9% | 19,118 | 39.6% | 5.9% | 1st |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | FINNIE, John | 72,528 | 64.9% | 8,803 | 18.7% | 5.2% | 3rd |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | BRODIE, Charles | 73,320 | 62.6% | 8,276 | 18.0% | 4.9% | 3rd |
East Lothian | SHARP, Andrew | 73,348 | 67.0% | 7,883 | 16.0% | 2.9% | 4th |
Gordon | THOMSON, Richard | 73,420 | 66.4% | 10,827 | 22.2% | 6.2% | 2nd |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | CHAPMAN, Douglas | 73,534 | 62.3% | 6,550 | 14.3% | -0.2% | 2nd |
Dunfermline and West Fife | MCCALL, Joe | 73,590 | 66.5% | 5,201 | 10.6% | -8.3% | 3rd |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | WHEELHOUSE, Paul | 73,826 | 66.4% | 4,497 | 9.2% | 0.6% | 4th |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | LESLIE, George | 74,131 | 62.8% | 12,082 | 26.0% | -1.7% | 2nd |
North Ayrshire and Arran | GIBSON, Patricia | 74,223 | 62.1% | 11,965 | 25.9% | 8.0% | 2nd |
Dumfries and Galloway | WOOD, Andrew | 74,584 | 70.0% | 6,419 | 12.3% | 0.2% | 3rd |
Lanark and Hamilton East | ADAMSON, Clare | 74,773 | 62.3% | 9,780 | 21.0% | 3.2% | 2nd |
Ochil and South Perthshire | EWING, Annabelle | 75,115 | 67.2% | 13,944 | 27.6% | -2.3% | 2nd |
Livingston | BARDELL, Elisabeth | 75,924 | 63.1% | 12,424 | 25.9% | 4.4% | 2nd |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West | HORNE, Graeme | 76,408 | 61.5% | 7,564 | 16.1% | 2.2% | 2nd |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | MCKENNA, John | 76,534 | 66.6% | 11,738 | 23.0% | 5.1% | 2nd |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk | SMITH, Thomas | 80,907 | 63.6% | 13,081 | 25.4% | 1.9% | 2nd |
Falkirk | MCNALLY, John | 81,869 | 62.0% | 15,364 | 30.3% | 8.9% | 2nd |
Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.
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.
This was the first election on a new set of constituency boundaries in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The vote share calculations in those countries are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.