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Glasgow City

Shows the general election results for Glasgow City, which is a county in Scotland. It is comprised of 7 constituencies (showhide). In 2015 it had a total electorate of 476,848 and a turnout of 60.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

Electorate
476,848
Turnout
60.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2015
SNP 55.3%
Lab 31.5%
Con 6.9%
Green 2.7%
LD 1.7%
UKIP 1.2%
Others 0.7%

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 Con Green LD UKIP Others Total
Seats won 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Change +7 -7 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 160 91 20 8 5 3 2 290
% vote 55.3% 31.5% 6.9% 2.7% 1.7% 1.2% 0.7% 100.0%
Change +38.0% -24.7% -0.7% +1.2% -12.0% +1.0% -2.6% 0%
Candidates 7 7 7 7 7 4 12 51
Deposits lost 0 0 2 6 7 4 12 31

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2015

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con Green LD UKIP Others
2005 14.8% 44.3% 7.4% 3.0% 15.5% 0.0% 15.1%
2010 17.3% 56.2% 7.6% 1.6% 13.7% 0.2% 3.4%
2015 55.3% 31.5% 6.9% 2.7% 1.7% 1.2% 0.7%

Seats won by party 2005 - 2015

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con Green LD UKIP Others
2005 0 6 0 0 0 0 1
2010 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
2015 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

Highest and lowest 2015

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 23.8%
1 Glasgow North 25.2%
2 Glasgow South 25.2%
3 Glasgow East 24.5%
4 Glasgow North East 24.4%
5 Glasgow South West 24.3%

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: 23.8%
1 Glasgow Central 19.5%
2 Glasgow North West 23.6%
3 Glasgow South West 24.3%
4 Glasgow North East 24.4%
5 Glasgow East 24.5%

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: 55.3%
1 Glasgow North East 58.1%
2 Glasgow South West 57.2%
3 Glasgow East 56.9%
4 Glasgow South 54.9%
5 Glasgow North West 54.5%

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: 55.3%
1 Glasgow Central 52.5%
2 Glasgow North 53.1%
3 Glasgow North West 54.5%
4 Glasgow South 54.9%
5 Glasgow East 56.9%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 60.8%
1 Glasgow South 65.9%
2 Glasgow North West 64.1%
3 Glasgow South West 61.8%
4 Glasgow North 61.4%
5 Glasgow East 60.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 60.8%
1 Glasgow Central 55.4%
2 Glasgow North East 56.8%
3 Glasgow East 60.3%
4 Glasgow North 61.4%
5 Glasgow South West 61.8%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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