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Stirling — 2010

Anne McGuire (Labour Party) was elected with 19,558 votes— 41.8% of 46,841 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. 41.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,841

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Anne McGuire Labour Party 19,558−8.2 ptsElected
2Bob Dalrymple Conservative Party 11,254—
3Alison Lindsay Scottish National Party 8,091—
4Graham Reed Liberal Democrats 6,797—
5Mark Ruskell Green Party (Scottish Green Party)746—
6Paul Henke UK Independence Party 395—

Electorate 66,080 · Turnout 70.9% · Majority 8,304 · Back to 2010 overview

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.