UK general elections › 2010 › Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute — 2010
Alan Reid (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 14,292 votes— 31.6% of 45,207 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. 31.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −18.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,207
| 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 | Alan Reid | Liberal Democrats | 14,292 | 31.6% | −18.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gary Mulvaney | Conservative Party | 10,861 | 24.0% | — | |
| 3 | David Graham | Labour Party | 10,274 | 22.7% | — | |
| 4 | Michael McKenzie | Scottish National Party | 8,563 | 18.9% | — | |
| 5 | Elaine Morrison | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 789 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | George Doyle | Independent | 272 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | John Black | The Scottish Jacobite Party | 156 | 0.3% | — |
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.