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