An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Glasgow East, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
SNP hold by David Linden with a majority of 75 - 0.2% - on a turnout of 54.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
LINDEN, David | SNP | 14,024 | 38.8% | -18.1% |
WATSON, Kate | Lab | 13,949 | 38.6% | 6.2% |
KERR, Thomas | Con | 6,816 | 18.8% | 12.8% |
CLARK, Matthew | LD | 567 | 1.6% | 0.8% |
FERGUSON, John | UKIP | 504 | 1.4% | -1.2% |
FINEGAN, Karin | Ind | 158 | 0.4% | - |
MARSHALL, Steven | SDP | 148 | 0.4% | - |
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 66,242, having a valid vote count of 36,166 and an invalid vote count of 56.
Result declared at 02:46 on 9 June 2017.