UK general elections › 2010 › North Ayrshire and Arran
North Ayrshire and Arran — 2010
Katy Clark (Labour Party) was elected with 21,860 votes— 47.4% of 46,116 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. 47.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,116
| 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 | Katy Clark | Labour Party | 21,860 | 47.4% | −2.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Patricia Gibson | Scottish National Party | 11,965 | 25.9% | — | |
| 3 | Philip Lardner | Conservative Party | 7,212 | 15.6% | — | |
| 4 | Gillian Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrats | 4,630 | 10.0% | — | |
| 5 | Louise McDaid | Socialist Labour Party | 449 | 1.0% | — |
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.