Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB

Labour Gain

Gerard Killen

Majority

265

Electorate

80,098

Turnout

63.5%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Gerard Killen	Lab	19,101	37.5	2.3
Margaret Ferrier	SNP	18,836	37.0	-15.5
Ann Le Blond	Con	9,941	19.5	12.0
Robert Brown *	LD	2,158	4.2	2.4
Caroline Santos *	UKIP	465	0.9	-1.3
Andy Dixon *	Ind	371	0.7	0.7

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Lab	SNP	Con	LD	UKIP	Ind	CISTAP	SSP
2005	55.6%	13.9%	8.4%	18.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	2.7%
2010	60.8%	16.1%	9.7%	12.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	35.2%	52.6%	7.6%	1.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%
2017	37.5%	37.0%	19.5%	4.2%	0.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%

Safest seats by majority (%)		Average: 24.3%
1	Liverpool, Walton	77.1%
632	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	0.5%
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.

Highest winning vote share %		Average: 55.9%
1	Liverpool, Walton	85.7%
633	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	37.5%
650	Ceredigion	29.2%

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

Highest % turnout		Average: 68.8%
1	Twickenham	79.5%
551	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	63.5%
650	Glasgow North East	53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.