United Kingdom general election, 2010 (Glasgow)

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United Kingdom general election, 2010[1]
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All 7 Glaswegian seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
  Gordon Brown official.jpg Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland (cropped).jpg Nick Clegg by the 2009 budget cropped.jpg
Leader Gordon Brown Alex Salmond Nick Clegg
Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrat
Leader since 24 June 2007 2004 18 December 2007
Last election 7 Seats 0 Seats 0 Seats
Seats before 7 0 0
Seats won 7 0 0
Seat change ±0 ±0 ±0
Popular vote 128,818 39,702 31,403
Percentage 55.98% 17.25% 13.65%
Swing Increase11.71% Increase2.47% Decrease1.84%

  Fourth party
  David Cameron official.jpg
Leader David Cameron
Party Conservative
Leader since 6 December 2005
Last election 0 Seats
Seats before 0
Seats won 0
Seat change ±0
Popular vote 17,432
Percentage 7.58%
Swing Increase0.17%

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Brown
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010 in the city of Glasgow in Scotland. The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010 and all seven constituencies returned Labour Party MPs.

At the 2005 General Election, all seven Glasgow seats returned Labour Party MP's, however the seat of Glasgow East was lost to the SNP following a by-election in 2008.

For individual results see Results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Overall result

Party MPs +/- Seats Contested Votes % +/- %
Labour Party 7 7 128,818 55.98 +11.71
Scottish National Party 7 39,702 17.25 +2.47
Liberal Democrats 7 31,403 13.65 -1.84
Conservative Party 7 17,432 7.58 +0.17
British National Party 7 4,564 1.98 N/A
Scottish Green Party 4 3,590 1.56 -1.43
Scottish Socialist Party 3 990 0.43 -3.57
Others 3,507 1.52

Results in Full

Constituency Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Conservative Party (UK) British National Party
Glasgow Central 15,908 (52.0%) 5,010 (16.4%) 5,357 (17.5%) 2,158 (7.1%) 616 (2.0%)
Glasgow East 19,797 (61.6%) 1,617 (5.0%) 7,957 (24.7%) 1,453 (4.5%) 677 (2.1%)
Glasgow North 13,181 (44.5%) 9,283 (31.3%) 3,530 (11.9%) 2,039 (7.1%) 296 (1.0%)
Glasgow North East 20,100 (68.3%) 2,262 (7.7%) 4,158 (14.1%) 1,569 (5.3%) 798 (2.7%)
Glasgow North West 19,233 (54.1%) 5,622 (15.8%) 5,430 (15.3%) 3,537 (9.9%) 699 (2.0%)
Glasgow South 20,736 (51.7%) 4,739 (11.8%) 8,078 (20.1%) 4,592 (11.5%) 637 (1.6%)
Glasgow South West 19,863 (62.5%) 2,870 (9.0%) 5,192 (16.3%) 2,084 (6.6%) 841 (2.6%)

See also

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