UK general elections › 2010 › East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire — 2010
Jim Murphy (Labour Party) was elected with 25,987 votes— 50.8% of 51,181 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,181
| 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 | Jim Murphy | Labour Party | 25,987 | 50.8% | +0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Cook | Conservative Party | 15,567 | 30.4% | — | |
| 3 | Gordon Macdonald | Liberal Democrats | 4,720 | 9.2% | — | |
| 4 | Gordon Archer | Scottish National Party | 4,535 | 8.9% | — | |
| 5 | Donald MacKay | UK Independence Party | 372 | 0.7% | — |
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.