UK general elections › 2010 › Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway — 2010
Russell Brown (Labour Party) was elected with 23,950 votes— 45.9% of 52,173 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. 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,173
| 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 | Russell Brown | Labour Party | 23,950 | 45.9% | −4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Duncan | Conservative Party | 16,501 | 31.6% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Wood | Scottish National Party | 6,419 | 12.3% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Brodie | Liberal Democrats | 4,608 | 8.8% | — | |
| 5 | William Wright | UK Independence Party | 695 | 1.3% | — |
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.