UK general elections › 2010 › East Lothian
East Lothian — 2010
Fiona O'Donnell (Labour Party) was elected with 21,919 votes— 44.6% 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
| 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 | Fiona O'Donnell | Labour Party | 21,919 | 44.6% | −5.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Michael Veitch | Conservative Party | 9,661 | 19.7% | — | |
| 3 | Stuart Ritchie | Liberal Democrats | 8,288 | 16.9% | — | |
| 4 | Andrew Sharp | Scottish National Party | 7,883 | 16.0% | — | |
| 5 | James Mackenzie | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 862 | 1.8% | — | |
| 6 | Jonathan Lloyd | UK Independence Party | 548 | 1.1% | — |
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.