UK general elections2010 › Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey — 2010

Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 19,172 votes40.7% of 47,086 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. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,086

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
1Danny Alexander Liberal Democrats 19,17240.7%−9.3 ptsElected
2Mike Robb Labour Party 10,40722.1%
3John Finnie Scottish National Party 8,80318.7%
4Jim Ferguson Conservative Party 6,27813.3%
5Donald Boyd Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 8351.8%
6Donnie Macleod Green Party (Scottish Green Party)7891.7%
7Ross Durance UK Independence Party 5741.2%
8George MacDonald Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1350.3%
9Kit Fraser The Joy of Talk 930.2%

Electorate 72,528 · Turnout 64.9% · Majority 8,765 · 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.