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2017 general election results

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

Shows the general election results for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, which is a constituency in North Lanarkshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 66,554 and a turnout of 65.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Stuart McDonald
Majority
4,264
Electorate
66,554
Turnout
65.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 43.6%
Lab 33.9%
Con 18.3%
LD 2.8%
UKIP 1.4%

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 (%)
Stuart McDonald  SNP 19,122 43.6 -16.3
Elisha Fisher  Lab 14,858 33.9 3.9
Stephen Johnston  Con 8,010 18.3 10.4
Rod Ackland * LD 1,238 2.8 0.6
Carl Pearson * UKIP 605 1.4 1.4
* 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 SSP Oth
2005 22.2% 51.8% 7.0% 14.9% 0.0% 2.9% 1.2%
2010 23.8% 57.2% 8.3% 9.5% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0%
2015 59.9% 30.0% 7.9% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 43.6% 33.9% 18.3% 2.8% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
484 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 9.7%
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%
582 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 43.6%
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%
470 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 65.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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