Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Constituency) 2015 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

SNP

Scottish National Party Gain

Calum Kerr

Majority

328

Electorate

74,214

Turnout

74.2%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Calum Kerr	SNP	20,145	36.6	27.4
John Lamont	Con	19,817	36.0	2.2
Michael Moore	LD	10,294	18.7	-26.7
Kenryck Lloyd-Jones *	Lab	2,700	4.9	-5.3
Peter Neilson *	UKIP	1,316	2.4	1.2
Pauline Stewart *	Green	631	1.1	1.1
Jesse Rae *	Ind	135	0.2	0.2

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	SNP	Con	LD	Lab	UKIP	Green	Ind	SJP	Oth	SSP
2005	8.6%	28.8%	41.8%	15.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	1.5%
2010	9.2%	33.8%	45.4%	10.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	36.6%	36.0%	18.7%	4.9%	2.4%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	72.3%
645	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	0.6%
650	Gower	0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 50.0%
1	Liverpool, Walton	81.3%
637	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	36.6%
650	Belfast South	24.5%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Highest % turnout		Average: 66.2%
1	East Dunbartonshire	81.9%
37	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	74.2%
650	Stoke-on-Trent Central	51.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.