Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (Constituency) 2015 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

David Mundell

Majority

798

Electorate

68,483

Turnout

76.1%

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 (%)
David Mundell	Con	20,759	39.8	1.8
Emma Harper	SNP	19,961	38.3	27.5
Archie Dryburgh	Lab	7,711	14.8	-14.1
Kevin Newton *	UKIP	1,472	2.8	1.4
Amanda Kubie *	LD	1,392	2.7	-17.1
Jody Jamieson *	Green	839	1.6	0.5

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	SNP	Lab	UKIP	LD	Green	SSP
2005	36.2%	9.1%	32.3%	1.0%	20.3%	0.0%	1.2%
2010	38.0%	10.8%	28.9%	1.4%	19.8%	1.1%	0.0%
2015	39.8%	38.3%	14.8%	2.8%	2.7%	1.6%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	72.3%
629	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	1.5%
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%
602	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	39.8%
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%
12	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	76.1%
650	Stoke-on-Trent Central	51.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.