UK general elections › 2010 › Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross — 2010
John Thurso (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 11,907 votes— 41.4% of 28,768 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. 41.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 28,768
| 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 | John Thurso | Liberal Democrats | 11,907 | 41.4% | −8.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Mackay | Labour Party | 7,081 | 24.6% | — | |
| 3 | Jean Urquhart | Scottish National Party | 5,516 | 19.2% | — | |
| 4 | Alastair Graham | Conservative Party | 3,744 | 13.0% | — | |
| 5 | Gordon Campbell | Independent | 520 | 1.8% | — |
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.