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.
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Parliamentary elections
edit1979 general election, Edinburgh South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
1983 general election, Dunfermline East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) |
1987 general election, Dunfermline East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
1992 general election, Dunfermline East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
1997 general election, Dunfermline East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
2001 general election, Dunfermline East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
2005 general election, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) |
2010 general election, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
2010 United Kingdom general election
editPolitical party | Leader | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
- ^ This figure excludes John Bercow (Buckingham)
References
edit- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Fife Council, Elections (7 July 2014). "Elections – The Scottish Independence Referendum Results 2014". www.fifedirect.org.uk.
- ^ "BBC Election 2010 Results". Retrieved 27 March 2017.