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Aberdeen City

Shows the general election results for Aberdeen City, which is a county in Scotland. It is comprised of 3 constituencies (showhide). In 2015 it had a total electorate of 215,194 and a turnout of 70%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

Electorate
215,194
Turnout
70%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2015
SNP 48.3%
Lab 18.5%
LD 15.5%
Con 15.4%
UKIP 1.4%
Green 0.6%
Others 0.4%

Party results and changes 2010 - 2015

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

Party SNP Lab LD Con UKIP Green Others Total
Seats won 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Change +3 -2 -1 0 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 73 28 23 23 2 1 1 151
% vote 48.3% 18.5% 15.5% 15.4% 1.4% 0.6% 0.4% 100.0%
Change +29.5% -14.2% -12.9% -2.1% +1.4% -0.3% -1.4% 0%
Candidates 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 18
Deposits lost 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 8

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2015

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab LD Con UKIP Green Others
2005 15.8% 32.4% 34.8% 15.0% 0.0% 0.6% 1.3%
2010 18.8% 32.6% 28.4% 17.5% 0.0% 0.9% 1.8%
2015 48.3% 18.5% 15.5% 15.4% 1.4% 0.6% 0.4%

Seats won by party 2005 - 2015

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year SNP Lab LD Con UKIP Green Others
2005 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
2010 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
2015 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Highest and lowest 2015

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 19.5%
1 Aberdeen North 30.5%
2 Gordon 14.9%
3 Aberdeen South 14.9%

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

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Most marginal seats by majority (%) Average: 19.5%
1 Aberdeen South 14.9%
2 Gordon 14.9%
3 Aberdeen North 30.5%

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: 48.3%
1 Aberdeen North 56.4%
2 Gordon 47.7%
3 Aberdeen South 41.6%

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

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Lowest winning vote share % Average: 48.3%
1 Aberdeen South 41.6%
2 Gordon 47.7%
3 Aberdeen North 56.4%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 70.0%
1 Gordon 73.3%
2 Aberdeen South 71.3%
3 Aberdeen North 64.9%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 70.0%
1 Aberdeen North 64.9%
2 Aberdeen South 71.3%
3 Gordon 73.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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