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2017 general election results

Scotland

Shows the general election results for Scotland, which is a country in Great Britain. It is comprised of 32 counties (showhide). In 2017 it had a total electorate of 3,988,441 and a turnout of 66.4%.

Aberdeen City, North Lanarkshire, Angus, Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Aberdeenshire, Scottish Borders, Highland, North Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, Dumfries & Galloway, South Lanarkshire, Dundee City, Fife, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, West Lothian, Midlothian, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an lar, Clackmannanshire, Perth & Kinross, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Renfrewshire, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

Electorate
3,988,441
Turnout
66.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 36.9%
Con 28.6%
Lab 27.1%
LD 6.8%
Green 0.2%
UKIP 0.2%
Others 0.3%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

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

Party SNP Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others Total
Seats won 35 13 7 4 0 0 0 59
Change -21 +12 +6 +3 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 978 758 717 179 6 5 7 2,650
% vote 36.9% 28.6% 27.1% 6.8% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 100.0%
Change -13.1% +13.7% +2.8% -0.8% -1.1% -1.4% 0.0% 0%
Candidates 59 59 59 59 3 10 17 266
Deposits lost 0 0 0 46 2 10 16 74

Share of the vote by party 1992 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
1992 21.5% 25.6% 39.0% 13.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
1997 22.1% 17.5% 45.6% 13.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9%
2001 20.1% 15.6% 43.3% 16.3% 0.0% 0.0% 4.7%
2005 17.7% 15.8% 38.9% 22.6% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0%
2010 19.9% 16.7% 42.0% 18.9% 0.7% 0.7% 1.1%
2015 50.0% 14.9% 24.3% 7.5% 1.3% 1.6% 0.3%
2017 36.9% 28.6% 27.1% 6.8% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%

Seats won by party 1992 - 2017

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD Green UKIP Others
1992 3 11 49 9 0 0 0
1997 6 0 56 10 0 0 0
2001 5 1 55 10 0 0 1
2005 6 1 40 11 0 0 1
2010 6 1 41 11 0 0 0
2015 56 1 1 1 0 0 0
2017 35 13 7 4 0 0 0

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 7.1%
1 Edinburgh South 32.4%
2 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 21.1%
3 Orkney and Shetland 19.6%
4 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 19.3%
5 Dundee East 15.5%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Most marginal seats by majority (%) Average: 7.1%
1 North East Fife 0.0%
2 Perth and North Perthshire 0.0%
3 Glasgow South West 0.2%
4 Glasgow East 0.2%
5 Stirling 0.3%

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: 40.7%
1 Edinburgh South 54.9%
2 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 53.9%
3 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 49.4%
4 Orkney and Shetland 48.6%
5 Banff and Buchan 48.0%

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

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Lowest winning vote share % Average: 40.7%
1 Lanark and Hamilton East 32.6%
2 North East Fife 32.9%
3 Edinburgh North and Leith 34.0%
4 Edinburgh West 34.3%
5 Dunfermline and West Fife 35.5%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 66.4%
1 East Dunbartonshire 78.1%
2 East Renfrewshire 76.7%
3 Stirling 74.3%
4 Edinburgh South 74.1%
5 Edinburgh West 73.8%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 66.4%
1 Glasgow North East 53.0%
2 Glasgow East 54.6%
3 Glasgow Central 55.9%
4 Glasgow South West 56.2%
5 Aberdeen North 59.2%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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