An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Aberdeen South, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Callum McCaig with a majority of 7,230 - 14.9% - on a turnout of 71.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MCCAIG, Callum | SNP | 20,221 | 41.6% | 29.8% |
BEGG, Anne | Lab | 12,991 | 26.8% | -9.8% |
THOMSON, Ross | Con | 11,087 | 22.8% | 2.1% |
RIXSON, Dennis | LD | 2,252 | 4.6% | -23.7% |
YEATS, Dan | Green | 964 | 2.0% | 1.0% |
SKINNER, Sandra | UKIP | 897 | 1.8% | - |
GRAY, Christopher | Ind | 139 | 0.3% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 68,056, having a valid vote count of 48,551 and an invalid vote count of 56.
Result declared at 09:39 on 8 May 2015.