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2017 general election results

Airdrie and Shotts

Shows the general election results for Airdrie and Shotts, which is a constituency in North Lanarkshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 64,146 and a turnout of 59.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Neil Gray
Majority
195
Electorate
64,146
Turnout
59.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 37.6%
Lab 37.1%
Con 23.2%
LD 2.1%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

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

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Neil Gray  SNP 14,291 37.6 -16.3
Helen McFarlane  Lab 14,096 37.1 3.0
Jennifer Donnellan  Con 8,813 23.2 15.5
Ewan McRobert * LD 802 2.1 0.6
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD UKIP Ind SSP Oth
2005 16.5% 59.0% 9.9% 11.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1% 1.0%
2010 23.5% 58.2% 8.7% 8.1% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 53.9% 34.1% 7.7% 1.5% 2.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 37.6% 37.1% 23.2% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
633 Airdrie and Shotts 0.5%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

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: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
632 Airdrie and Shotts 37.6%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
623 Airdrie and Shotts 59.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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