Electoral history of Gordon Brown

This is a summary of the electoral history of Gordon Brown, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party from 27 June 2007 to 11 May 2010. He was an MP from 1983 until his retirement before the 2015 election.

Parliamentary elections

1979 General Election, Edinburgh South

United Kingdom general election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Ancram	17,986	39.7
	Labour	Gordon Brown	15,526	34.3
	Liberal	J.P.B Lovell	7,400	16.4
	SNP	R. Shirley	3,800	8.4
	Ecology	S.M. Biggar	552	1.2
Majority			2,460	5.4
Turnout			45,264	77.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

1983 General Election, Dunfermline East

General Election 1983: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gordon Brown	18,515	51.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D Harcus	7,214	20.1
	Conservative	C Shenton	6,764	18.8
	SNP	G Hunter	2,573	7.2
	Communist (Scotland)	A Maxwell	864	2.4
Majority			11,301	31.4
Turnout				72.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1987 General Election, Dunfermline East

General Election 1987: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gordon Brown	25,381	64.5	+13.0
	Conservative	C Shenton	5,792	14.8	-4.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	E Harris	4,122	10.5	-9.6
	SNP	A McGarry	3,901	10.0	+2.8
Majority			19,589	49.7
Turnout				76.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1992 General Election, Dunfermline East

General Election 1992: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gordon Brown	23,692	62.4	-3.1
	Conservative	M Tennant	6,248	16.5	+1.7
	SNP	J Lloyd	5,746	15.1	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	T Little	2,262	6.0	-4.5
Majority			17,444	45.9
Turnout				75.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1997 General Election, Dunfermline East

General Election 1997: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gordon Brown	24,441	66.8	+4.4
	SNP	J Ramage	5,690	15.6	+0.5
	Conservative	I Mitchell	3,656	10.0	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	J Tolson	2,164	5.9	-0.1
	Referendum	T Dunsmore	632	1.7	+1.7
Majority			18,751	51.2
Turnout				69.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2001 General Election, Dunfermline East

General Election 2001: Dunfermline East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gordon Brown	19,487	64.8	-2.0
	SNP	Johnny Mellon	4,424	14.7	-0.8
	Conservative	Stuart Randall	2,838	9.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	John Mainland	2,281	7.6	+1.7
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Jackson	770	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Tom Dunsmore	286	1.0	N/A
Majority			15,063	50.1
Turnout			30,086	57.0	-13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2005 General Election, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

General Election 2005: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gordon Brown	24,278	58.1	n/a
	SNP	Alan Bath	6,062	14.5	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Cole-Hamilton	5,450	13.0	n/a
	Conservative	Stuart Randall	4,308	10.3	n/a
	Scottish Socialist	Steve West	666	1.6	n/a
	UKIP	Peter Adams	516	1.2	n/a
	Scottish Senior Citizens	James Parker	425	1.0	n/a
	Independent	Elizabeth Kwantes	47	0.1	n/a
	Independent	Pat Sargent	44	0.1	n/a
Majority			18,216	43.6	n/a
Turnout			41,796	58.4	n/a

2010 General Election, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

General Election 2010: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath^[1]
Party		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
	Independent	Donald MacLaren of MacLaren	165	0.4
	Landless Peasant Party	Derek Jackson	57	0.1
Majority			23,009	50.2	+6.6
Turnout			45,802	62.2	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3%

United Kingdom general election, 2010

On 6 May 2010 the Conservative Party, under David Cameron, became the largest party in the House of Commons but did not obtain a full majority and a coalition government was subsequently formed between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.

Summary of the May 2010 House of Commons of the United Kingdom election results
	Political party	Leader	Candidates						Votes
	Political party	Leader	Nominated	Elected	Of total (%)	Gained	Lost	Net	Count	Proportion of total (%)	Change in proportion (%)
	Conservative^{[table 1]}^{[table 2]}	David Cameron	631	306	47.1	100	3	+97	10,703,654	36.1	+3.7
	Labour	Gordon Brown	631	258	39.7	3	94	−91	8,606,517	29.0	−6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Clegg	631	57	8.8	8	13	−5	6,836,248	23.0	+1.0
	UKIP	Lord Pearson	558	0	0	0	0	0	919,471	3.1	+0.9
	BNP	Nick Griffin	338	0	0	0	0	0	564,321	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	265,243	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	N/A
	Speaker	N/A	1	1	0.2	0	0	0	22,860	0.1	0.0
	Independent – Rodney Connor	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	21,300	0.1	N/A
	Independent – Sylvia Hermon	N/A	1	1	0.2	1	0	+1	21,181	0.1	N/A
	Christian	George Hargreaves	71	0	0	0	0	0	18,622	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	N/A	1	0	0	0	1	−1	12,174	0.0	N/A
	TUSC	Dave Nellist	37	0	0	0	0	0	11,913	0.0	N/A
	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	N/A
	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
	Christian Peoples	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	N/A
	Mansfield Independent Forum		1	0	0	0	0	0	4,339	0.0	N/A
	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	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox and Frances Curran	10	0	0	0	0	0	3,157	0.0	−0.1
	People Before Profit	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	2,936	0.0	N/A
	Local Liberals People Before Politics		1	0	0	0	0	0	1,964	0.0	N/A
	Independent – Esther Rantzen	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	1,872	0.0	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies	6	0	0	0	0	0	1,581	0.0	0.0
	Social Democratic	Peter Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1,551	0.0	N/A
	Pirate	Andrew Robinson	9	0	0	0	0	0	1,348	0.0	N/A
	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	N/A
	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	N/A	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			7003372000000000000♠3720	650	100	115	116	−1	29,687,604	Turnout: 65.1

↑ Note: this figure includes Philip Lardner in North Ayrshire and Arran, who is recorded by the BBC as an "Independent" due to him being disowned by the Conservative Party prior to polling day, but election rules prevented his nomination from being withdrawn and his ballot paper description could not be amended from "Scottish Conservative and Unionist" Statement – North Ayrshire and Arran, North Ayrshire Council
↑ Note: this figure excludes John Bercow (Buckingham), who is recorded by the BBC as a "Conservative", despite the fact he is the incumbent Speaker

References

↑ Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath UKPolling

Gordon Brown

Born: 20 February 1951 (age 65) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007–2010) Leader of the Labour Party (2007–2010) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007) MP for Dunfermline East (1983–2005) MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (2005–2015)

Politics	Blair–Brown deal Chancellorship Premiership Brown ministry Electoral history 2010 Dissolution Honours

Ideology	Brownism New Labour Third Way

General elections	2010 Post-election events

Party elections	2007

Shadow Cabinet elections	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Family	Sarah Brown

Publications	Courage: Eight Portraits (2007) Britain's Everyday Heroes (2007) The Change We Choose (2010) Beyond the Crash (2010)

In the media	The Deal (2003) The Trial of Tony Blair (2007) The Hunt for Tony Blair (2011) Coalition (2015)

Wikimedia	Gordon Brown at Wikibooks Gordon Brown at Wikiquote Gordon Brown at Wikisource Gordon Brown at Commons Gordon Brown at Wikinews Gordon Brown Gordon Brown

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