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Aberdeen North — 2010

Frank Doran (Labour Party) was elected with 16,746 votes— 44.4% of 37,701 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 44.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,701

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Frank Doran Labour Party 16,746−5.6 ptsElected
2Joanna Strathdee Scottish National Party 8,385—
3Kristian Chapman Liberal Democrats 7,001—
4Stewart Whyte Conservative Party 4,666—
5Roy Jones British National Party 635—
6Ewan Robertson Scottish Socialist Party 268—

Electorate 64,808 · Turnout 58.2% · Majority 8,361 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.