UK general elections › 2010 › Lanark and Hamilton East
Lanark and Hamilton East — 2010
Jim Hood (Labour Party) was elected with 23,258 votes— 50.0% of 46,554 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. 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. 0.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,554
| 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 | Jim Hood | Labour Party | 23,258 | 50.0% | 0.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | 9,780 | 21.0% | — | |
| 3 | Colin McGavigan | Conservative Party | 6,981 | 15.0% | — | |
| 4 | Douglas Herbison | Liberal Democrats | 5,249 | 11.3% | — | |
| 5 | Duncan McFarlane | Independent | 670 | 1.4% | — | |
| 6 | Robert Sale | UK Independence Party | 616 | 1.3% | — |
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.