UK general elections › 2010 › Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh South West — 2010
Alistair Darling (Labour Party) was elected with 19,473 votes— 42.8% of 45,462 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. 42.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,462
| 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 | Alistair Darling | Labour Party | 19,473 | −7.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jason Rust | Conservative Party | 11,026 | — | ||
| 3 | Timothy McKay | Liberal Democrats | 8,194 | — | ||
| 4 | Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | 5,530 | — | ||
| 5 | Clare Cooney | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 872 | — | ||
| 6 | Colin Fox | Scottish Socialist Party | 319 | — | ||
| 7 | Caroline Bellamy | Communist League Election Campaign | 48 | — |
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.