UK general elections › 2010 › East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow — 2010
Michael McCann (Labour Party) was elected with 26,241 votes— 51.5% of 50,946 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,946
| 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 | Michael McCann | Labour Party | 26,241 | 51.5% | +1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John McKenna | Scottish National Party | 11,738 | 23.0% | — | |
| 3 | Graham Simpson | Conservative Party | 6,613 | 13.0% | — | |
| 4 | John Loughton | Liberal Democrats | 5,052 | 9.9% | — | |
| 5 | Kirsten Robb | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,003 | 2.0% | — | |
| 6 | John Houston | Independent | 299 | 0.6% | — |
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.