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East Dunbartonshire

Shows the general election results for East Dunbartonshire, which is a constituency in East Dunbartonshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 66,300 and a turnout of 78.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LD
Liberal Democrat Gain
Jo Swinson
Majority
5,339
Electorate
66,300
Turnout
78.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
LD 40.6%
SNP 30.3%
Con 14.6%
Lab 14.5%

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 (%)
Jo Swinson  LD 21,023 40.6 4.3
John Nicolson  SNP 15,684 30.3 -10.0
Sheila Mechan  Con 7,563 14.6 6.0
Callum McNally  Lab 7,531 14.5 2.2

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year LD SNP Con Lab Green UKIP SSP
2005 41.8% 5.8% 16.5% 33.1% 1.9% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 38.7% 10.5% 15.5% 34.1% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0%
2015 36.3% 40.3% 8.6% 12.3% 1.5% 1.0% 0.0%
2017 40.6% 30.3% 14.6% 14.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
477 East Dunbartonshire 10.3%
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%
611 East Dunbartonshire 40.6%
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%
8 East Dunbartonshire 78.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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