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Election for the constituency of Glasgow North East on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Glasgow North East, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Labour gain from SNP by Paul Sweeney with a majority of 242 - 0.8% - on a turnout of 53.0%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SWEENEY, Paul Lab / Co-op 13,637 42.9% 9.2%
MCLAUGHLIN, Anne SNP 13,395 42.2% -15.9%
WYLLIE, Jack Con 4,106 12.9% 8.2%
DONALDSON, Daniel LD 637 2.0% 1.2%

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 59,931, having a valid vote count of 31,775 and an invalid vote count of 57.

Result declared at 02:58 on 9 June 2017.