UK general elections › 2010 › Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill — 2010
Tom Clarke (Labour Party) was elected with 27,728 votes— 66.6% of 41,635 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 66.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +16.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,635
| 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 | Tom Clarke | Labour Party | 27,728 | 66.6% | +16.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Frances McGlinchey | Scottish National Party | 7,014 | 16.8% | — | |
| 3 | Kenneth Elder | Liberal Democrats | 3,519 | 8.5% | — | |
| 4 | Fiona Houston | Conservative Party | 3,374 | 8.1% | — |
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.