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 |
North East Fife | CAMPBELL, Rod | 62,771 | 63.8% | 5,685 | 14.2% | 3.8% | 4th |
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 |
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 Dunbartonshire | WHITE, Iain | 63,795 | 75.2% | 5,054 | 10.5% | 4.7% | 4th |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | ORR, Aileen | 66,627 | 68.9% | 4,945 | 10.8% | 1.6% | 4th |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | WHEELHOUSE, Paul | 73,826 | 66.4% | 4,497 | 9.2% | 0.6% | 4th |
Argyll and Bute | MCKENZIE, Michael | 67,165 | 67.3% | 8,563 | 18.9% | 3.4% | 4th |
Aberdeen South | MCDONALD, Mark | 64,031 | 67.2% | 5,102 | 11.9% | 2.0% | 4th |
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 |
Ross, Skye and Lochaber | STEPHEN, Alasdair | 51,836 | 67.2% | 5,263 | 15.1% | 5.5% | 3rd |
Orkney and Shetland | MOWAT, John | 33,085 | 58.5% | 2,042 | 10.6% | 0.2% | 3rd |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | FINNIE, John | 72,528 | 64.9% | 8,803 | 18.7% | 5.2% | 3rd |
Glasgow North West | PARK, Margaret | 60,997 | 58.3% | 5,430 | 15.3% | 1.5% | 3rd |
Glasgow North | GRADY, Patrick | 51,490 | 57.5% | 3,530 | 11.9% | -1.0% | 3rd |
Dunfermline and West Fife | MCCALL, Joe | 73,590 | 66.5% | 5,201 | 10.6% | -8.3% | 3rd |
Dumfries and Galloway | WOOD, Andrew | 74,584 | 70.0% | 6,419 | 12.3% | 0.2% | 3rd |
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 |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | BRODIE, Charles | 73,320 | 62.6% | 8,276 | 18.0% | 4.9% | 3rd |
West Dunbartonshire | MCCORMICK, Graeme | 66,086 | 64.0% | 8,497 | 20.1% | -1.6% | 2nd |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West | HORNE, Graeme | 76,408 | 61.5% | 7,564 | 16.1% | 2.2% | 2nd |
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 |
Ochil and South Perthshire | EWING, Annabelle | 75,115 | 67.2% | 13,944 | 27.6% | -2.3% | 2nd |
North Ayrshire and Arran | GIBSON, Patricia | 74,223 | 62.1% | 11,965 | 25.9% | 8.0% | 2nd |
Motherwell and Wishaw | FELLOWS, Marion | 66,918 | 58.5% | 7,104 | 18.2% | 1.7% | 2nd |
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 |
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 East | MCALLISTER, Billy | 59,861 | 49.1% | 4,158 | 14.1% | -3.5% | 2nd |
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 East | KEREVAN, George | 60,945 | 65.4% | 8,133 | 20.4% | 3.4% | 2nd |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | MCKENNA, John | 76,534 | 66.6% | 11,738 | 23.0% | 5.1% | 2nd |
Dundee West | BARRIE, James | 63,013 | 58.9% | 10,716 | 28.9% | -1.2% | 2nd |
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 |
Airdrie and Shotts | COYLE, Sophia | 62,364 | 57.5% | 8,441 | 23.5% | 7.0% | 2nd |
Aberdeen North | STRATHDEE, Joanna | 64,808 | 58.2% | 8,385 | 22.2% | -0.1% | 2nd |
Perth and North Perthshire | WISHART, Pete | 72,141 | 66.9% | 19,118 | 39.6% | 5.9% | 1st |
Na h-Eileanan An Iar | MACNEIL, Angus | 21,780 | 67.6% | 6,723 | 45.7% | 0.8% | 1st |
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 |
Banff and Buchan | WHITEFORD, Eilidh | 64,300 | 59.8% | 15,868 | 41.3% | -9.9% | 1st |
Angus | WEIR, Mike | 62,860 | 60.4% | 15,020 | 39.6% | 5.9% | 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.