UK general elections2010 › Airdrie and Shotts

Airdrie and Shotts — 2010

Pamela Nash (Labour Party) was elected with 20,849 votes58.2% of 35,849 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,849

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
1Pamela Nash Labour Party 20,84958.2%+8.2 ptsElected
2Sophia Coyle Scottish National Party 8,44123.5%
3Ruth Whitfield Conservative Party 3,1338.7%
4John Love Liberal Democrats 2,8988.1%
5John McGeechan Independent 5281.5%

Electorate 62,364 · Turnout 57.5% · Majority 12,408 · 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.