An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Glasgow South West, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour Co-operative by Christopher Stephens with a majority of 9,950 - 24.3% - on a turnout of 61.8%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
STEPHENS, Christopher | SNP | 23,388 | 57.2% | 40.8% |
DAVIDSON, Ian | Lab / Co-op | 13,438 | 32.8% | -29.7% |
MCCASKILL, Gordon | Con | 2,036 | 5.0% | -1.6% |
HEMY, Sarah | UKIP | 970 | 2.4% | - |
TEMPLETON, Sean | Green | 507 | 1.2% | - |
NELSON, Isabel | LD | 406 | 1.0% | -8.0% |
BONNAR, Bill | SSP | 176 | 0.4% | - |
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 66,209, having a valid vote count of 40,921 and an invalid vote count of 44.
Result declared at 03:32 on 8 May 2015.