UK general elections › 2010 › Perth and North Perthshire
Perth and North Perthshire — 2010
Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) was elected with 19,118 votes— 39.6% of 48,268 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. 39.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,268
| 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 | Pete Wishart | Scottish National Party | 19,118 | 39.6% | −10.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Lyburn | Conservative Party | 14,739 | 30.5% | — | |
| 3 | Jamie Glackin | Labour Party | 7,923 | 16.4% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Barrett | Liberal Democrats | 5,954 | 12.3% | — | |
| 5 | Douglas Taylor | Trust | 534 | 1.1% | — |
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.