An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Glasgow North East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Anne McLaughlin with a majority of 9,222 - 24.4% - on a turnout of 56.8%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MCLAUGHLIN, Anne | SNP | 21,976 | 58.1% | 43.9% |
BAIN, William | Lab | 12,754 | 33.7% | -34.7% |
WELLS, Annie | Con | 1,769 | 4.7% | -0.7% |
KITSON, Zara | Green | 615 | 1.6% | - |
BAXENDALE, Eileen | LD | 300 | 0.8% | -6.9% |
JOHNSON, Geoff | CSA | 225 | 0.6% | - |
COCOZZA, Jamie | TUSC | 218 | 0.6% | -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 66,678, having a valid vote count of 37,857 and an invalid vote count of 88.
Result declared at 03:46 on 8 May 2015.