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2017 general election results

Glasgow South

Shows the general election results for Glasgow South, which is a constituency in Glasgow City. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 69,126 and a turnout of 64.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Stewart McDonald
Majority
2,027
Electorate
69,126
Turnout
64.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 41.1%
Lab 36.6%
Con 19.1%
LD 3.2%

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 (%)
Stewart McDonald  SNP 18,312 41.1 -13.8
Eileen Dinning  Lab 16,285 36.6 6.8
Taylor Muir  Con 8,506 19.1 9.4
Ewan Hoyle * LD 1,447 3.2 1.2
* 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 Green TUSC BNP SSP Oth
2005 12.6% 47.2% 12.6% 19.0% 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 3.4% 0.7%
2010 20.1% 51.7% 11.5% 11.8% 2.4% 0.9% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 54.9% 29.7% 9.7% 2.1% 2.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 41.1% 36.6% 19.1% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
562 Glasgow South 4.5%
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%
604 Glasgow South 41.1%
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%
523 Glasgow South 64.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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