UK general elections › 2010 › Dundee East
Dundee East — 2010
Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party) was elected with 15,350 votes— 37.8% of 40,568 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. 37.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,568
| 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 | Stewart Hosie | Scottish National Party | 15,350 | −12.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Katrina Murray | Labour Party | 13,529 | — | ||
| 3 | Chris Bustin | Conservative Party | 6,177 | — | ||
| 4 | Clive Sneddon | Liberal Democrats | 4,285 | — | ||
| 5 | Shiona Baird | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 542 | — | ||
| 6 | Michael Arthur | UK Independence Party | 431 | — | ||
| 7 | Angela Gorrie | Scottish Socialist Party | 254 | — |
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.