# Electoral history of Gordon Brown

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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.

## Parliamentary elections
### 1979 general election, Edinburgh South

General election 1979: Edinburgh South :
| Party | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,460 | 5.43 | −2.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,264 | 77.30 | +3.12 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 1983 general election, Dunfermline East

General election 1983: Dunfermline East :
| Party | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,301 | 31.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,930 | 72.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### 1987 general election, Dunfermline East

General election 1987: Dunfermline East :
| Party | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19,589 | 49.7 | +18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,196 | 76.6 | +4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.5 | |

### 1992 general election, Dunfermline East

General election 1992: Dunfermline East :
| Party | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 17,444 | 45.9 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,948 | 75.6 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −2.4 | |

### 1997 general election, Dunfermline East

General election 1997: Dunfermline East :
| Party | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 18,751 | 51.2 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,583 | 69.6 | −7.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |

### 2001 general election, Dunfermline East

General election 2001: Dunfermline East :
| Party | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 15,063 | 50.1 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,086 | 57.0 | −12.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 | |

### 2005 general election, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

General election 2005: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath :
| Party | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 18,216 | 43.6 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,796 | 58.4 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### 2010 general election, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

General election 2010: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath :
| Party | 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 | New |
| | Independent | Donald MacLaren | 165 | 0.4 | New |
| | Land Party | Derek Jackson | 57 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,009 | 50.2 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,802 | 62.2 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |

## 2010 United Kingdom general election

e • d Summary of the May 2010 House of Commons of the United Kingdom election results :
| Political party | Political party | Leader | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Political party | Political party | Leader | Nominated | Elected | Of total (%) | Gained | Lost | Net | Count | Proportion of total (%) | Change in proportion (%) |
| | Conservative | 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 | Total | Total | 3,720 | 650 | 100 | 115 | 115 | 0 | 29,687,604 | Turnout: 65.1 | |
* ↑ This figure excludes John Bercow (Buckingham)