UK general elections2010 › Glasgow East

Glasgow East — 2010

Margaret Curran (Labour Party) was elected with 19,797 votes61.6% of 32,164 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,164

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
1Margaret Curran Labour Party 19,797+11.6 ptsElected
2John Mason Scottish National Party 7,957
3Kevin Ward Liberal Democrats 1,617
4Hamira Khan Conservative Party 1,453
5Joseph Finnie British National Party 677
6Frances Curran Scottish Socialist Party 454
7Arthur Misty Thackeray UK Independence Party 209

Electorate 61,865 · Turnout 52.0% · Majority 11,840 · 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.