North East Fife (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP

Scottish National Party Hold

Stephen Gethins

Majority

Electorate

58,685

Turnout

71.3%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name	Share of the vote: 2017
SNP	32.9%
LD	32.9%
Con	24.1%
Lab	9.6%
Independent Sovereign Democratic Britain	0.5%

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Stephen Gethins	SNP	13,743	32.9	-8.1
Elizabeth Riches	LD	13,741	32.9	1.5
Tony Miklinski	Con	10,088	24.1	7.8
Rosalind Garton	Lab	4,026	9.6	1.9
Mike Scott-Hayward *	Independent Sovereign Democratic Britain	224	0.5	0.5

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	SNP	LD	Con	Lab	Independent Sovereign Democratic Britain	Green	Ind	UKIP	SSP
2005	10.4%	52.1%	19.5%	12.8%	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%	1.4%	1.1%
2010	14.2%	44.3%	21.8%	17.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.6%	0.0%
2015	40.9%	31.3%	16.3%	7.7%	0.0%	3.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	32.9%	32.9%	24.1%	9.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
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.

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.