An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Lanark and Hamilton East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Angela Crawley with a majority of 10,100 - 18.3% - on a turnout of 69.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
CRAWLEY, Angela | SNP | 26,976 | 48.8% | 27.8% |
HOOD, Jim | Lab | 16,876 | 30.5% | -19.4% |
ALLISON, Alex | Con | 8,772 | 15.9% | 0.9% |
MACKAY, Donald | UKIP | 1,431 | 2.6% | 1.3% |
CULLEN, Gregg | LD | 1,203 | 2.2% | -9.1% |
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 79,962, having a valid vote count of 55,258 and an invalid vote count of 70.
Result declared at 03:14 on 8 May 2015.