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Dundee East

Shows the general election results for Dundee East, which is a constituency in Dundee City. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 66,210 and a turnout of 68.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Majority
13,375
Electorate
66,210
Turnout
68.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
SNP 53.8%
Con 24.3%
Lab 13.4%
LD 7.9%
Ind 0.7%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

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

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Stewart Hosie  SNP 24,361 53.8 11.0
Philip Scott  Con 10,986 24.3 -3.1
Rosalind Garton  Lab 6,045 13.4 -12.7
Michael Crichton  LD 3,573 7.9 4.1
George Morton * Ind 312 0.7 0.7
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD Ind Green CISTAP TUSC UKIP SSP Oth
2005 37.2% 12.8% 36.2% 11.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 1.4% 0.3%
2010 37.8% 15.2% 33.3% 10.6% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0%
2015 59.7% 15.0% 19.9% 2.9% 0.0% 1.9% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 42.8% 27.4% 26.0% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 53.8% 24.3% 13.4% 7.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
255 Dundee East 29.5%
650 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 0.1%

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: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
321 Dundee East 53.8%
650 South Down 32.4%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
290 Dundee East 68.4%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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