UK general elections › 2010 › Aberdeen South
Aberdeen South — 2010
Anne Begg (Labour Party) was elected with 15,722 votes— 36.5% of 43,034 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. 36.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,034
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Begg | Labour Party | 15,722 | −13.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | John Sleigh | Liberal Democrats | 12,216 | — | ||
| 3 | Amanda Harvie | Conservative Party | 8,914 | — | ||
| 4 | Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | 5,102 | — | ||
| 5 | Susan Ross | British National Party | 529 | — | ||
| 6 | Rhonda Reekie | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 413 | — | ||
| 7 | Robert Green | Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers | 138 | — |
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.