UK general elections › 2010 › Inverclyde
Inverclyde — 2010
David Cairns (Labour Party) was elected with 20,993 votes— 56.0% of 37,512 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,512
| 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 | David Cairns | Labour Party | 20,993 | 56.0% | +6.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Iness Nelson | Scottish National Party | 6,577 | 17.5% | — | |
| 3 | Simon Hutton | Liberal Democrats | 5,007 | 13.3% | — | |
| 4 | David Wilson | Conservative Party | 4,502 | 12.0% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Campbell | UK Independence Party | 433 | 1.2% | — |
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.