An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Dunbartonshire, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats by John Nicolson with a majority of 2,167 - 3.9% - on a turnout of 81.9%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
NICOLSON, John | SNP | 22,093 | 40.3% | 29.7% |
SWINSON, Jo | LD | 19,926 | 36.3% | -2.4% |
JHUND, Amanjit | Lab | 6,754 | 12.3% | -21.8% |
POLSON, Andrew | Con | 4,727 | 8.6% | -6.9% |
GREER, Ross | Green | 804 | 1.5% | - |
ARASARATNAM, Wilfred | UKIP | 567 | 1.0% | -0.1% |
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 66,966, having a valid vote count of 54,871 and an invalid vote count of 47.
Result declared at 02:46 on 8 May 2015.