UK general elections › 2010 › Midlothian
Midlothian — 2010
David Hamilton (Labour Party) was elected with 18,449 votes— 47.0% of 39,242 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. 47.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,242
| 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 Hamilton | Labour Party | 18,449 | −3.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | 8,100 | — | ||
| 3 | Ross Laird | Liberal Democrats | 6,711 | — | ||
| 4 | James Callander | Conservative Party | 4,661 | — | ||
| 5 | Ian Baxter | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 595 | — | ||
| 6 | Gordon Norrie | UK Independence Party | 364 | — | ||
| 7 | George McCleery | Independent | 196 | — | ||
| 8 | Duncan Duncan | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 166 | — |
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.