2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

2010 United Kingdom general election^[1]

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All 59 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	63.8%, 3.2%
First party Second party   Leader Gordon Brown Nick Clegg Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 24 June 2007 18 December 2007 Last election 41 seats, 39.5% 11 seats, 22.6% Seats before 41 11 Seats won 41 11 Seat change Popular vote 1,035,528 465,471 Percentage 42.0% 18.9% Swing 2.5% 3.7% UK seats 258 57   Third party Fourth party   Leader Alex Salmond David Cameron Party SNP Conservative Leader since 3 September 2004 6 December 2005 Last election 6 seats, 17.7% 1 seat, 15.8% Seats before 6 1 Seats won 6 1 Seat change Popular vote 491,386 412,855 Percentage 19.9% 16.7% Swing 2.2% 0.9% UK seats 6 306
Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2010 and all 59 seats in Scotland were contested. The election result in Scotland was unusual in that there wasn't any change of seats from the 2005 general election, although the Labour Party took back two seats that it had lost in by-elections. This was the last general election at which the Labour Party won a majority of seats and plurality of votes in Scotland until 2024.