An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Renfrewshire, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative gain from SNP by Paul Masterton with a majority of 4,712 - 8.8% - on a turnout of 76.7%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MASTERTON, Paul | Con | 21,496 | 40.0% | 18.0% |
OSWALD, Kirsten | SNP | 16,784 | 31.2% | -9.3% |
MCDOUGALL, Blair | Lab | 14,346 | 26.7% | -7.3% |
MORTON, Aileen | LD | 1,112 | 2.1% | 0.2% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 70,067, having a valid vote count of 53,738 and an invalid vote count of 67.
Result declared at 02:41 on 9 June 2017.