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East Lothian

Shows the general election results for East Lothian, which is a constituency in East Lothian. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 81,600 and a turnout of 71.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Gain
Majority
3,886
Electorate
81,600
Turnout
71.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
SNP 36.2%
Lab 29.5%
Con 26.5%
LD 7.0%
UKIP 0.8%

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 (%)
Kenny MacAskill  SNP 21,156 36.2 5.6
Martin Whitfield  Lab 17,270 29.5 -6.6
Craig Hoy  Con 15,523 26.5 -3.1
Robert O'Riordan  LD 4,071 7.0 3.8
David Sisson * UKIP 493 0.8 0.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD UKIP Ind Green SSP Oth
2005 13.1% 41.5% 16.0% 24.8% 0.7% 0.0% 2.5% 1.1% 0.4%
2010 16.0% 44.6% 19.7% 16.9% 1.1% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 42.5% 31.0% 19.5% 2.6% 2.0% 0.3% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 30.6% 36.1% 29.6% 3.1% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 36.2% 29.5% 26.5% 7.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
566 East Lothian 6.6%
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%
645 East Lothian 36.2%
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%
156 East Lothian 71.7%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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