UK general elections2010 › East Lothian

East Lothian — 2010

Fiona O'Donnell (Labour Party) was elected with 21,919 votes44.6% of 49,161 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. 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,161

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Fiona O'Donnell Labour Party 21,919−5.4 ptsElected
2Michael Veitch Conservative Party 9,661
3Stuart Ritchie Liberal Democrats 8,288
4Andrew Sharp Scottish National Party 7,883
5James Mackenzie Green Party (Scottish Green Party)862
6Jonathan Lloyd UK Independence Party 548

Electorate 73,348 · Turnout 67.0% · Majority 12,258 · Back to 2010 overview

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.