East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP

Scottish National Party Hold

Lisa Cameron

Majority

3,866

Electorate

80,442

Turnout

67.3%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Lisa Cameron	SNP	21,023	38.9	-16.8
Monique McAdams	Lab	17,157	31.7	3.4
Mark McGeever	Con	13,704	25.3	13.6
Paul McGarry *	LD	1,590	2.9	1.2
Janice MacKay *	UKIP	628	1.2	-0.9

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	SNP	Lab	Con	LD	UKIP	Ind	Green	Oth
2005	17.9%	48.7%	10.0%	16.6%	0.0%	0.0%	3.3%	3.5%
2010	23.0%	51.5%	13.0%	9.9%	0.0%	0.6%	2.0%	0.0%
2015	55.6%	28.3%	11.8%	1.7%	2.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	38.9%	31.7%	25.3%	2.9%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
522	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	7.1%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
624	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	38.9%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

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

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
411	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	67.3%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.