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East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

Shows the general election results for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, which is a constituency in South Lanarkshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 80,442 and a turnout of 67.3%.

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%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 38.9%
Lab 31.7%
Con 25.3%
LD 2.9%
UKIP 1.2%

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 (%)
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

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 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%

Highest and lowest 2017

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.

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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.

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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.

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