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This is a summary of the electoral history of Gordon Brown , who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He was the member of parliament (MP) for Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005 and Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2005 to 2015.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Ancram | 17,986 | 39.74 | +3.82 | |
Labour | Gordon Brown | 15,526 | 34.30 | +6.12 | |
Liberal | J.P. Bryan Lovell | 7,400 | 16.35 | +2.13 | |
SNP | Robert Shirley | 3,800 | 8.40 | -13.29 | |
Ecology | Stewart M. Biggar | 552 | 1.22 | New | |
Majority | 2,460 | 5.43 | -2.29 | ||
Turnout | 45,264 | 77.30 | +3.12 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Brown | 18,515 | 51.5 | -10.5 | |
Liberal | David Harcus | 7,214 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | Clive Shenton | 6,764 | 18.8 | -2.8 | |
SNP | George Hunter | 2,573 | 7.2 | -6.8 | |
Communist | Alex Maxwell | 864 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 11,301 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 35,930 | 72.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Brown | 25,381 | 64.5 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | Clive Shenton | 5,792 | 14.8 | −4.0 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth Harris | 4,122 | 10.5 | −9.6 | |
SNP | Alice McGarry | 3,901 | 10.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 19,589 | 49.7 | +18.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,196 | 76.6 | +4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Brown | 23,692 | 62.4 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Mark E. Tennant | 6,248 | 16.5 | +1.7 | |
SNP | John V. Lloyd | 5,746 | 15.1 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Teresa Martin Little | 2,262 | 6.0 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 17,444 | 45.9 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 37,948 | 75.6 | −1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Brown | 24,441 | 66.8 | +4.4 | |
SNP | John Ramage | 5,690 | 15.6 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Iain Mitchell | 3,656 | 10.0 | −6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Tolson | 2,164 | 5.9 | −0.1 | |
Referendum | Thomas Dunsmore | 632 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 18,751 | 51.2 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,583 | 69.6 | −7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Brown | 19,487 | 64.8 | −2.0 | |
SNP | Johnny Mellon | 4,424 | 14.7 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Stuart Randall | 2,838 | 9.4 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 2,281 | 7.6 | +1.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Andrew Jackson | 770 | 2.6 | New | |
UKIP | Thomas Dunsmore | 286 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 15,063 | 50.1 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 30,086 | 57.0 | −12.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Brown | 24,278 | 58.1 | −0.4 | |
SNP | Alan Bath | 6,062 | 14.5 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 5,450 | 13.0 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Stuart Randall | 4,308 | 10.3 | −0.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Steve West | 666 | 1.6 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | Peter Adams | 516 | 1.2 | +0.8 | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | James Parker | 425 | 1.0 | ||
Independent | Elizabeth Kwantes | 47 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | Pat Sargent | 44 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 18,216 | 43.6 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,796 | 58.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Brown | 29,559 | 64.5 | +6.4 | |
SNP | Douglas Chapman | 6,550 | 14.3 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Mainland | 4,269 | 9.3 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Lindsay Paterson | 4,258 | 9.3 | −1.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Adams | 760 | 1.7 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Susan Archibald | 184 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Donald MacLaren | 165 | 0.4 | New | |
Land Party | Derek Jackson | 57 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 23,009 | 50.2 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,802 | 62.2 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 |
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Political party | Leader | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||
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Nominated | Elected | Of total (%) | Gained | Lost | Net | Count | Proportion of total (%) | Change in proportion (%) | ||||||
Conservative [table 1] | David Cameron | 631 | 306 | 47.1 | 100 | 3 | +97 | 10,703,754 | 36.1 | +3.7 | ||||
Labour | Gordon Brown | 631 | 258 | 39.7 | 3 | 94 | −91 | 8,609,527 | 29.0 | −6.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Clegg | 631 | 57 | 8.8 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6,836,824 | 23.0 | +1.0 | ||||
UKIP | Lord Pearson | 558 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 919,546 | 3.1 | +0.9 | ||||
BNP | Nick Griffin | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 564,331 | 1.9 | +1.2 | ||||
SNP | Alex Salmond | 59 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 491,386 | 1.7 | +0.1 | ||||
Green | Caroline Lucas | 310 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 265,247 | 0.9 | −0.2 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 17 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171,942 | 0.6 | −0.1 | ||||
DUP | Peter Robinson | 16 | 8 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 168,216 | 0.6 | −0.3 | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Ieuan Wyn Jones | 40 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 165,394 | 0.6 | −0.1 | ||||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie | 18 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110,970 | 0.4 | −0.1 | ||||
UCU-NF | Reg Empey | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 102,361 | 0.3 | −0.1 | ||||
English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64,826 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
Alliance | David Ford | 18 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 42,762 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||
Respect | Salma Yaqoob | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 33,251 | 0.1 | −0.1 | ||||
TUV | Jim Allister | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26,300 | 0.1 | — | ||||
Speaker | — | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22,860 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||
Independent – Rodney Connor | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,300 | 0.1 | — | ||||
Independent – Sylvia Hermon | — | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 21,181 | 0.1 | — | ||||
Christian | George Hargreaves | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,623 | 0.1 | +0.1 | ||||
Scottish Green | Eleanor Scott and Patrick Harvie | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,827 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||
Health Concern | Richard Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 16,150 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||
Independent – Bob Spink | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,174 | 0.0 | — | ||||
TUSC | Dave Nellist | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,275 | 0.0 | — | ||||
National Front | Ian Edward | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,784 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy | John Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,331 | 0.0 | — | ||||
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,510 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Socialist Labour | Arthur Scargill | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,196 | 0.0 | −0.1 | ||||
Liberal | Rob Wheway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,781 | 0.0 | −0.1 | ||||
Blaenau Gwent PV | Dai Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6,458 | 0.0 | −0.1 | ||||
CPA | Alan Craig | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,276 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Mebyon Kernow | Dick Cole | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,379 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Lincolnshire Independent | Marianne Overton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,311 | 0.0 | — | ||||
Mansfield Independent Forum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,339 | 0.0 | — | |||||
Green (NI) | Mark Bailey and Karly Greene | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,542 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Socialist Alternative | Peter Taaffe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,298 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Trust | Stuart Wheeler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,233 | 0.0 | — | ||||
Scottish Socialist | Colin Fox and Frances Curran | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,157 | 0.0 | −0.1 | ||||
People Before Profit | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,936 | 0.0 | — | ||||
Local Liberals People Before Politics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,964 | 0.0 | — | |||||
Independent – Esther Rantzen | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,872 | 0.0 | — | ||||
Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,581 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
SDP | Peter Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,551 | 0.0 | — | ||||
Pirate | Andrew Robinson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,348 | 0.0 | — | ||||
Common Sense Party | Howard Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,173 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Staffordshire Independent Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,208 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
Tendring First | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,078 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
Solihull and Meriden Residents Association | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 977 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
Communist | Robert Griffiths | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 947 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Democratic Labour | Brian Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 842 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
English Independence Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 803 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
Democratic Nationalist Party | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 753 | 0.0 | — | |||||
Save King George Hospital | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 746 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
Workers Revolutionary | Sheila Torrance | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 738 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Peace | John Morris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 737 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Animal Protection | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 675 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Christian Movement for Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 598 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 558 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Total | 3,720 | 650 | 100 | 115 | 115 | 0 | 29,687,604 | Turnout: 65.1 |
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