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