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 19,79761.6%+11.6 ptsElected
2John Mason Scottish National Party 7,95724.7%
3Kevin Ward Liberal Democrats 1,6175.0%
4Hamira Khan Conservative Party 1,4534.5%
5Joseph Finnie British National Party 6772.1%
6Frances Curran Scottish Socialist Party 4541.4%
7Arthur Misty Thackeray UK Independence Party 2090.6%

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.