UK general elections › 2010 › Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Linlithgow and East Falkirk — 2010
Michael Connarty (Labour Party) was elected with 25,634 votes— 49.8% of 51,450 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. 49.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,450
| 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 | Michael Connarty | Labour Party | 25,634 | 49.8% | −0.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Thomas Smith | Scottish National Party | 13,081 | 25.4% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Glenn | Liberal Democrats | 6,589 | 12.8% | — | |
| 4 | Andrea Stephenson | Conservative Party | 6,146 | 11.9% | — |
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.