2011 Inverclyde by-election
Result

2011 Inverclyde by-election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: None

Election	Political result	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	±%

By-election, 2011 Turnout: 28,097 (45.4%) −18.0	Labour hold Majority: 5,838 (20.8%) -17.6 Swing: -8.9% from Lab to SNP	Iain McKenzie	Labour	15,118	53.8	2.2

Anne McLaughlin	SNP	9,280	33.0	+15.5

David Wilson	Conservative	2,784	9.9	2.1

Sophie Bridger	Liberal Democrat	627	2.2	11.1

Mitch Sorbie	UKIP	288	1.0	0.2

General Election 2010 Turnout: 37,512 (63.4%) +2.5	Labour hold Majority: 14,416 (38.4%) +7.2 Swing: +2.5% from Lab to SNP	David Cairns	Labour	20,993	56.0	+5.2

Innes Nelson	SNP	6,577	17.5	2.0

Simon Hutton	Liberal Democrat	5,007	13.3	3.6

David Wilson	Conservative	4,502	12.0	+1.8

Peter Campbell	UKIP	433	1.2	N/A

Sentence(s)

Cairns of Labour had won the Inverclyde constituency in 2010 with a majority of 38.4%.

final_sentence: Cairns of Labour had won the Inverclyde constituency in 2010 with a majority of 38.4%.