UK general elections › 2010 › Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey — 2010
Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 19,172 votes— 40.7% 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
| 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 | Danny Alexander | Liberal Democrats | 19,172 | −9.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Mike Robb | Labour Party | 10,407 | — | ||
| 3 | John Finnie | Scottish National Party | 8,803 | — | ||
| 4 | Jim Ferguson | Conservative Party | 6,278 | — | ||
| 5 | Donald Boyd | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 835 | — | ||
| 6 | Donnie Macleod | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 789 | — | ||
| 7 | Ross Durance | UK Independence Party | 574 | — | ||
| 8 | George MacDonald | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 135 | — | ||
| 9 | Kit Fraser | The Joy of Talk | 93 | — |
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.