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Glenrothes

Shows the general election results for Glenrothes, which is a constituency in Fife. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 66,378 and a turnout of 60.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Peter Grant
Majority
3,267
Electorate
66,378
Turnout
60.9%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 42.8%
Lab 34.7%
Con 19.5%
LD 3.0%

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 (%)
Peter Grant  SNP 17,291 42.8 -17.0
Altany Craik  Lab 14,024 34.7 4.1
Andrew Brown  Con 7,876 19.5 11.8
Rebecca Bell * LD 1,208 3.0 1.1
* 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 Oth SSP
2005 23.4% 51.9% 7.1% 12.7% 1.2% 1.9% 1.9%
2010 21.7% 62.3% 7.2% 7.7% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 59.8% 30.6% 7.7% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 42.8% 34.7% 19.5% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
507 Glenrothes 8.1%
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%
591 Glenrothes 42.8%
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%
605 Glenrothes 60.9%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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