An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats by Stuart Donaldson with a majority of 7,033 - 12.7% - on a turnout of 75.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
DONALDSON, Stuart | SNP | 22,949 | 41.6% | 25.9% |
BURNETT, Alexander | Con | 15,916 | 28.8% | -1.4% |
SMITH, Robert | LD | 11,812 | 21.4% | -17.0% |
BLACK, Barry | Lab | 2,487 | 4.5% | -9.1% |
LANSDELL, David | UKIP | 1,006 | 1.8% | 0.9% |
OPENSHAW, Richard | Green | 885 | 1.6% | - |
REID, Graham | Ind | 141 | 0.3% | - |
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 73,445, having a valid vote count of 55,196 and an invalid vote count of 43.
Result declared at 04:45 on 8 May 2015.