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Glenrothes — 2010

Lindsay Roy (Labour Party) was elected with 25,247 votes62.3% of 40,501 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,501

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
1Lindsay Roy Labour Party 25,24762.3%+12.3 ptsElected
2David Alexander Scottish National Party 8,79921.7%
3Harry Wills Liberal Democrats 3,1087.7%
4Shiela Low Conservative Party 2,9227.2%
5Kris Seunarine UK Independence Party 4251.0%

Electorate 67,765 · Turnout 59.8% · Majority 16,448 · 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.