UK general elections › 2010 › Falkirk
Falkirk — 2010
Eric Joyce (Labour Party) was elected with 23,207 votes— 45.7% of 50,777 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. 45.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,777
| 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 | Eric Joyce | Labour Party | 23,207 | 45.7% | −4.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John McNally | Scottish National Party | 15,364 | 30.3% | — | |
| 3 | Katie Mackie | Conservative Party | 5,698 | 11.2% | — | |
| 4 | Kieran Leach | Liberal Democrats | 5,225 | 10.3% | — | |
| 5 | Brian Goldie | UK Independence Party | 1,283 | 2.5% | — |
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.