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Glasgow Central — 2010

Anas Sarwar (Labour Party) was elected with 15,908 votes52.0% of 30,580 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 30,580

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
1Anas Sarwar Labour Party 15,908+2.0 ptsElected
2Osama Saeed Scottish National Party 5,357
3Christopher Young Liberal Democrats 5,010
4John Bradley Conservative Party 2,158
5Alastair Whitelaw Green Party (Scottish Green Party)800
6Ian Holt British National Party 616
7James Nesbitt Scottish Socialist Party 357
8Ramsay Urquhart UK Independence Party 246
9Finlay Archibald Pirate Party UK 128

Electorate 60,105 · Turnout 50.9% · Majority 10,551 · 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.