An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Renfrewshire, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Kirsten Oswald with a majority of 3,718 - 6.6% - on a turnout of 81.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
OSWALD, Kirsten | SNP | 23,013 | 40.6% | 31.7% |
MURPHY, Jim | Lab | 19,295 | 34.0% | -16.8% |
MONTGOMERY, David | Con | 12,465 | 22.0% | -8.4% |
COWIE, Graeme | LD | 1,069 | 1.9% | -7.3% |
MALYN, Robert | UKIP | 888 | 1.6% | 0.8% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 69,982, having a valid vote count of 56,730 and an invalid vote count of 95.
Result declared at 03:15 on 8 May 2015.