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2010 general election

Scotland: 2010 general election results

How Scotland voted at the 2010 general election: Labour won 41 of 59 seats with 42.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.

Scotland: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Labour41+11,035,52842.0%+3.159
Liberal Democrats110465,47118.9%−3.859
Scottish National Party60491,38619.9%+2.359
Conservative10412,90516.8%+0.959
UK Independence Party0new17,2230.7%—28
Green0new16,8270.7%—20
15 other parties and independents26,4401.1%

Change compared with the 2005 general election in Scotland.

Aberdeen North: Lab (Frank Doran), majority 22.2%Aberdeen South: Lab (Anne Begg), majority 8.2%Airdrie and Shotts: Lab (Pamela Nash), majority 34.6%Angus: SNP (Mike Weir), majority 8.7%Argyll and Bute: LD (Alan Reid), majority 7.6%Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock: Lab (Sandra Osborne), majority 21.6%Banff and Buchan: SNP (Eilidh Whiteford), majority 10.5%Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk: LD (Michael Moore), majority 11.6%Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross: LD (John Thurso), majority 16.8%Central Ayrshire: Lab (Brian Donohoe), majority 27.3%Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill: Lab (Tom Clarke), majority 49.8%Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East: Lab (Gregg McClymont), majority 33.4%Dumfries and Galloway: Lab (Russell Brown), majority 14.3%Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale: Con (David Mundell), majority 9.1%Dundee East: SNP (Stewart Hosie), majority 4.5%Dundee West: Lab (Jim McGovern), majority 19.6%Dunfermline and West Fife: Lab (Thomas Docherty), majority 11.2%East Dunbartonshire: LD (Jo Swinson), majority 4.6%East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow: Lab (Michael McCann), majority 28.5%East Lothian: Lab (Fiona O'Donnell), majority 24.9%East Renfrewshire: Lab (Jim Murphy), majority 20.4%Edinburgh East: Lab (Sheila Gilmore), majority 23.0%Edinburgh North and Leith: Lab (Mark Lazarowicz), majority 3.6%Edinburgh South: Lab (Ian Murray), majority 0.7%Edinburgh South West: Lab (Alistair Darling), majority 18.6%Edinburgh West: LD (Mike Crockart), majority 8.2%Na h-Eileanan an Iar: SNP (Angus MacNeil), majority 12.8%Falkirk: Lab (Eric Joyce), majority 15.5%Glasgow Central: Lab (Anas Sarwar), majority 34.5%Glasgow East: Lab (Margaret Curran), majority 36.8%Glasgow North: Lab (Ann McKechin), majority 13.2%Glasgow North East: Lab (Wille Bain), majority 54.2% — Lab gain from SpkGlasgow North West: Lab (John Robertson), majority 38.3%Glasgow South: Lab (Tom Harris), majority 31.6%Glasgow South West: Lab (Ian Davidson), majority 46.2%Glenrothes: Lab (Lindsay Roy), majority 40.6%Gordon: LD (Malcolm Bruce), majority 13.8%Inverclyde: Lab (David Cairns), majority 38.4%Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey: LD (Danny Alexander), majority 18.6%Kilmarnock and Loudoun: Lab (Cathie Jamieson), majority 26.6%Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath: Lab (Gordon Brown), majority 50.2%Lanark and Hamilton East: Lab (Jim Hood), majority 29.0%Linlithgow and East Falkirk: Lab (Michael Connarty), majority 24.4%Livingston: Lab (Graeme Morrice), majority 22.5%Midlothian: Lab (David Hamilton), majority 26.4%Moray: SNP (Angus Robertson), majority 13.6%Motherwell and Wishaw: Lab (Frank Roy), majority 43.0%North Ayrshire and Arran: Lab (Katy Clark), majority 21.5%North East Fife: LD (Menzies Campbell), majority 22.6%Ochil and South Perthshire: Lab (Gordon Banks), majority 10.3%Orkney and Shetland: LD (Alistair Carmichael), majority 51.3%Paisley and Renfrewshire North: Lab (Jim Sheridan), majority 35.0%Paisley and Renfrewshire South: Lab (Douglas Alexander), majority 41.5%Perth and North Perthshire: SNP (Pete Wishart), majority 9.1%Ross, Skye and Lochaber: LD (Charles Kennedy), majority 37.5%Rutherglen and Hamilton West: Lab (Tom Greatrex), majority 44.7%Stirling: Lab (Anne McGuire), majority 17.7%West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: LD (Robert Smith), majority 8.2%West Dunbartonshire: Lab (Gemma Doyle), majority 41.2%

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
Aberdeen NorthLab Frank Doran8,36122.258.2%Lab hold
Aberdeen SouthLab Anne Begg3,5068.267.2%Lab hold
Airdrie and ShottsLab Pamela Nash12,40834.657.5%Lab hold
AngusSNP Mike Weir3,2828.760.4%SNP hold
Argyll and ButeLD Alan Reid3,4317.667.3%LD hold
Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLab Sandra Osborne9,91121.662.6%Lab hold
Banff and BuchanSNP Eilidh Whiteford4,02710.559.8%SNP hold
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLD Michael Moore5,67511.666.4%LD hold
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLD John Thurso4,82616.860.9%LD hold
Central AyrshireLab Brian Donohoe12,00727.364.2%Lab hold
Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLab Tom Clarke20,71449.859.4%Lab hold
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastLab Gregg McClymont13,75533.464.3%Lab hold
Dumfries and GallowayLab Russell Brown7,44914.370.0%Lab hold
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon David Mundell4,1949.168.9%Con hold
Dundee EastSNP Stewart Hosie1,8214.562.0%SNP hold
Dundee WestLab Jim McGovern7,27819.658.9%Lab hold
Dunfermline and West FifeLab Thomas Docherty5,47011.266.5%Lab hold
East DunbartonshireLD Jo Swinson2,1844.675.2%LD hold
East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLab Michael McCann14,50328.566.6%Lab hold
East LothianLab Fiona O'Donnell12,25824.967.0%Lab hold
East RenfrewshireLab Jim Murphy10,42020.477.3%Lab hold
Edinburgh EastLab Sheila Gilmore9,18123.065.4%Lab hold
Edinburgh North and LeithLab Mark Lazarowicz1,7243.668.4%Lab hold
Edinburgh SouthLab Ian Murray3160.773.8%Lab hold
Edinburgh South WestLab Alistair Darling8,44718.668.5%Lab hold
Edinburgh WestLD Mike Crockart3,8038.271.3%LD hold
FalkirkLab Eric Joyce7,84315.562.0%Lab hold
Glasgow CentralLab Anas Sarwar10,55134.550.9%Lab hold
Glasgow EastLab Margaret Curran11,84036.852.0%Lab hold
Glasgow NorthLab Ann McKechin3,89813.257.5%Lab hold
Glasgow North EastLab Wille Bain15,94254.249.1%Lab gain from Spk
Glasgow North WestLab John Robertson13,61138.358.3%Lab hold
Glasgow SouthLab Tom Harris12,65831.661.6%Lab hold
Glasgow South WestLab Ian Davidson14,67146.254.6%Lab hold
GlenrothesLab Lindsay Roy16,44840.659.8%Lab hold
GordonLD Malcolm Bruce6,74813.866.4%LD hold
InverclydeLab David Cairns14,41638.463.4%Lab hold
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLD Danny Alexander8,76518.664.9%LD hold
Kilmarnock and LoudounLab Cathie Jamieson12,37826.662.8%Lab hold
Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab Gordon Brown23,00950.262.3%Lab hold
Lanark and Hamilton EastLab Jim Hood13,47829.062.3%Lab hold
Linlithgow and East FalkirkLab Michael Connarty12,55324.463.6%Lab hold
LivingstonLab Graeme Morrice10,79122.563.1%Lab hold
MidlothianLab David Hamilton10,34926.463.9%Lab hold
MoraySNP Angus Robertson5,59013.662.2%SNP hold
Motherwell and WishawLab Frank Roy16,80643.058.5%Lab hold
Na h-Eileanan an IarSNP Angus MacNeil1,88512.867.6%SNP hold
North Ayrshire and ArranLab Katy Clark9,89521.562.1%Lab hold
North East FifeLD Menzies Campbell9,04822.663.8%LD hold
Ochil and South PerthshireLab Gordon Banks5,18710.367.2%Lab hold
Orkney and ShetlandLD Alistair Carmichael9,92851.358.5%LD hold
Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLab Jim Sheridan15,28035.068.6%Lab hold
Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthLab Douglas Alexander16,61441.565.4%Lab hold
Perth and North PerthshireSNP Pete Wishart4,3799.166.9%SNP hold
Ross, Skye and LochaberLD Charles Kennedy13,07037.567.2%LD hold
Rutherglen and Hamilton WestLab Tom Greatrex21,00244.761.5%Lab hold
StirlingLab Anne McGuire8,30417.770.9%Lab hold
West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLD Robert Smith3,6848.268.4%LD hold
West DunbartonshireLab Gemma Doyle17,40841.264.0%Lab hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in Scotland at the 2010 general election?

Labour won 41 of the 59 seats in Scotland, with 42.0% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Scotland in 2010?

59 constituencies.

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