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 |
Edinburgh South | HOWAT, Sandy | 59,362 | 73.8% | 3,354 | 7.7% | 1.5% | 4th |
East Renfrewshire | ARCHER, Gordon | 66,249 | 77.3% | 4,535 | 8.9% | 2.0% | 4th |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | WHEELHOUSE, Paul | 73,826 | 66.4% | 4,497 | 9.2% | 0.6% | 4th |
Edinburgh North and Leith | CASHLEY, Calum | 69,207 | 68.4% | 4,568 | 9.6% | -0.5% | 4th |
East Dunbartonshire | WHITE, Iain | 63,795 | 75.2% | 5,054 | 10.5% | 4.7% | 4th |
Orkney and Shetland | MOWAT, John | 33,085 | 58.5% | 2,042 | 10.6% | 0.2% | 3rd |
Dunfermline and West Fife | MCCALL, Joe | 73,590 | 66.5% | 5,201 | 10.6% | -8.3% | 3rd |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | ORR, Aileen | 66,627 | 68.9% | 4,945 | 10.8% | 1.6% | 4th |
Aberdeen South | MCDONALD, Mark | 64,031 | 67.2% | 5,102 | 11.9% | 2.0% | 4th |
Glasgow North | GRADY, Patrick | 51,490 | 57.5% | 3,530 | 11.9% | -1.0% | 3rd |
Edinburgh South West | STEWART, Kaukab | 66,361 | 68.5% | 5,530 | 12.2% | 1.6% | 4th |
Dumfries and Galloway | WOOD, Andrew | 74,584 | 70.0% | 6,419 | 12.3% | 0.2% | 3rd |
Edinburgh West | CLELAND, Sheena | 65,159 | 71.3% | 6,115 | 13.2% | 4.1% | 4th |
Glasgow North East | MCALLISTER, Billy | 59,861 | 49.1% | 4,158 | 14.1% | -3.5% | 2nd |
North East Fife | CAMPBELL, Rod | 62,771 | 63.8% | 5,685 | 14.2% | 3.8% | 4th |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | CHAPMAN, Douglas | 73,534 | 62.3% | 6,550 | 14.3% | -0.2% | 2nd |
Ross, Skye and Lochaber | STEPHEN, Alasdair | 51,836 | 67.2% | 5,263 | 15.1% | 5.5% | 3rd |
Glasgow North West | PARK, Margaret | 60,997 | 58.3% | 5,430 | 15.3% | 1.5% | 3rd |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | ROBERTSON, Dennis | 66,110 | 68.4% | 7,086 | 15.7% | 4.4% | 3rd |
East Lothian | SHARP, Andrew | 73,348 | 67.0% | 7,883 | 16.0% | 2.9% | 4th |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West | HORNE, Graeme | 76,408 | 61.5% | 7,564 | 16.1% | 2.2% | 2nd |
Glasgow South West | STEPHENS, Christopher | 58,191 | 54.6% | 5,192 | 16.3% | 1.0% | 2nd |
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | MCGLINCHEY, Frances | 70,067 | 59.4% | 7,014 | 16.8% | 3.3% | 2nd |
Stirling | LINDSAY, Alison | 66,080 | 70.9% | 8,091 | 17.3% | 4.7% | 3rd |
Glasgow Central | SAEED, Osama | 60,105 | 50.9% | 5,357 | 17.5% | 2.7% | 2nd |
Inverclyde | NELSON, Iness | 59,209 | 63.4% | 6,577 | 17.5% | -2.0% | 2nd |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | BRODIE, Charles | 73,320 | 62.6% | 8,276 | 18.0% | 4.9% | 3rd |
Paisley and Renfrewshire South | DOIG, Andrew | 61,197 | 65.4% | 7,228 | 18.1% | 0.5% | 2nd |
Motherwell and Wishaw | FELLOWS, Marion | 66,918 | 58.5% | 7,104 | 18.2% | 1.7% | 2nd |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | FINNIE, John | 72,528 | 64.9% | 8,803 | 18.7% | 5.2% | 3rd |
Argyll and Bute | MCKENZIE, Michael | 67,165 | 67.3% | 8,563 | 18.9% | 3.4% | 4th |
Central Ayrshire | MULLEN, John | 68,352 | 64.2% | 8,364 | 19.0% | 7.5% | 3rd |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North | MACLAREN, Margaret | 63,704 | 68.6% | 8,333 | 19.1% | 0.2% | 2nd |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | URQUHART, Jean | 47,263 | 60.9% | 5,516 | 19.2% | 5.8% | 3rd |
West Dunbartonshire | MCCORMICK, Graeme | 66,086 | 64.0% | 8,497 | 20.1% | -1.6% | 2nd |
Glasgow South | FLEMING, Malcolm | 65,069 | 61.6% | 8,078 | 20.1% | 7.5% | 2nd |
Edinburgh East | KEREVAN, George | 60,945 | 65.4% | 8,133 | 20.4% | 3.4% | 2nd |
Midlothian | BEATTIE, Colin | 61,387 | 63.9% | 8,100 | 20.6% | 3.7% | 2nd |
Lanark and Hamilton East | ADAMSON, Clare | 74,773 | 62.3% | 9,780 | 21.0% | 3.2% | 2nd |
Glenrothes | ALEXANDER, David | 67,765 | 59.8% | 8,799 | 21.7% | -1.6% | 2nd |
Gordon | THOMSON, Richard | 73,420 | 66.4% | 10,827 | 22.2% | 6.2% | 2nd |
Aberdeen North | STRATHDEE, Joanna | 64,808 | 58.2% | 8,385 | 22.2% | -0.1% | 2nd |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | MCKENNA, John | 76,534 | 66.6% | 11,738 | 23.0% | 5.1% | 2nd |
Airdrie and Shotts | COYLE, Sophia | 62,364 | 57.5% | 8,441 | 23.5% | 7.0% | 2nd |
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | HEPBURN, Julie | 64,037 | 64.3% | 9,794 | 23.8% | 1.6% | 2nd |
Glasgow East | MASON, John | 61,865 | 52.0% | 7,957 | 24.7% | 7.7% | 2nd |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk | SMITH, Thomas | 80,907 | 63.6% | 13,081 | 25.4% | 1.9% | 2nd |
Livingston | BARDELL, Elisabeth | 75,924 | 63.1% | 12,424 | 25.9% | 4.4% | 2nd |
North Ayrshire and Arran | GIBSON, Patricia | 74,223 | 62.1% | 11,965 | 25.9% | 8.0% | 2nd |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | LESLIE, George | 74,131 | 62.8% | 12,082 | 26.0% | -1.7% | 2nd |
Ochil and South Perthshire | EWING, Annabelle | 75,115 | 67.2% | 13,944 | 27.6% | -2.3% | 2nd |
Dundee West | BARRIE, James | 63,013 | 58.9% | 10,716 | 28.9% | -1.2% | 2nd |
Falkirk | MCNALLY, John | 81,869 | 62.0% | 15,364 | 30.3% | 8.9% | 2nd |
Dundee East | HOSIE, Stewart | 65,471 | 62.0% | 15,350 | 37.8% | 0.6% | 1st |
Angus | WEIR, Mike | 62,860 | 60.4% | 15,020 | 39.6% | 5.9% | 1st |
Perth and North Perthshire | WISHART, Pete | 72,141 | 66.9% | 19,118 | 39.6% | 5.9% | 1st |
Moray | ROBERTSON, Angus | 65,925 | 62.2% | 16,273 | 39.7% | 3.1% | 1st |
Banff and Buchan | WHITEFORD, Eilidh | 64,300 | 59.8% | 15,868 | 41.3% | -9.9% | 1st |
Na h-Eileanan An Iar | MACNEIL, Angus | 21,780 | 67.6% | 6,723 | 45.7% | 0.8% | 1st |
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.