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Glasgow South West

Shows the general election results for Glasgow South West, which is a constituency in Glasgow City. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 62,991 and a turnout of 56.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Chris Stephens
Majority
60
Electorate
62,991
Turnout
56.2%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 40.7%
Lab 40.5%
Con 15.6%
LD 1.9%
UKIP 1.4%

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 (%)
Chris Stephens  SNP 14,386 40.7 -16.5
Matt Kerr  Lab 14,326 40.5 7.7
Thomas Haddow  Con 5,524 15.6 10.6
Ben Denton-Cardew * LD 661 1.9 0.9
Sarah Hemy * UKIP 481 1.4 -1.0
* 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 Green Soc TUSC BNP SSP Oth
2005 15.4% 60.2% 5.8% 11.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.4% 1.7%
2010 16.3% 62.5% 6.6% 9.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.9% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 57.2% 32.8% 5.0% 1.0% 2.4% 1.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 40.7% 40.5% 15.6% 1.9% 1.4% 0.0% 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%
642 Glasgow South West 0.2%
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%
610 Glasgow South West 40.7%
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%
642 Glasgow South West 56.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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