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2015 general election results

East Renfrewshire

Shows the general election results for East Renfrewshire, which is a constituency in East Renfrewshire. In 2015 it had a total electorate of 69,982 and a turnout of 81.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Gain
Kirsten Oswald
Majority
3,718
Electorate
69,982
Turnout
81.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2015
SNP 40.6%
Lab 34.0%
Con 22.0%
LD 1.9%
UKIP 1.6%

Party results and changes 2010 - 2015

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

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Kirsten Oswald  SNP 23,013 40.6 31.7
Jim Murphy  Lab 19,295 34.0 -16.8
David Montgomery  Con 12,465 22.0 -8.4
Graeme Cowie * LD 1,069 1.9 -7.3
Robert Malyn * UKIP 888 1.6 0.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2015

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD UKIP SSP
2005 6.8% 43.9% 29.9% 18.3% 0.0% 1.1%
2010 8.9% 50.8% 30.4% 9.2% 0.7% 0.0%
2015 40.6% 34.0% 22.0% 1.9% 1.6% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2015

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 72.3%
574 East Renfrewshire 6.6%
650 Gower 0.1%

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

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 50.0%
1 Liverpool, Walton 81.3%
590 East Renfrewshire 40.6%
650 Belfast South 24.5%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 66.2%
1 East Dunbartonshire 81.9%
2 East Renfrewshire 81.1%
650 Stoke-on-Trent Central 51.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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