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Gordon — 2010
Malcolm Bruce (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 17,575 votes— 36.0% of 48,775 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. 36.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,775
| 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 | Malcolm Bruce | Liberal Democrats | 17,575 | 36.0% | −14.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Thomson | Scottish National Party | 10,827 | 22.2% | — | |
| 3 | Barney (James) Crockett | Labour Party | 9,811 | 20.1% | — | |
| 4 | Ross Thomson | Conservative Party | 9,111 | 18.7% | — | |
| 5 | Sue Edwards | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 752 | 1.5% | — | |
| 6 | Elise Jones | British National Party | 699 | 1.4% | — |
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.