An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Glasgow Central, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Alison Thewliss with a majority of 7,662 - 19.5% - on a turnout of 55.4%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
THEWLISS, Alison | SNP | 20,658 | 52.5% | 35.0% |
SARWAR, Anas | Lab | 12,996 | 33.1% | -19.0% |
BONE, Simon | Con | 2,359 | 6.0% | -1.1% |
MACGREGOR, Cass | Green | 1,559 | 4.0% | 1.3% |
MASKELL, Stuart | UKIP | 786 | 2.0% | 1.2% |
YOUNG, Chris | LD | 612 | 1.6% | -14.8% |
MARRIS, James | CSA | 171 | 0.4% | - |
ELLIOT, Andrew | TUSC | 119 | 0.3% | - |
RHODES, Katie | SEP | 58 | 0.1% | - |
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 70,945, having a valid vote count of 39,318 and an invalid vote count of 63.
Result declared at 04:10 on 8 May 2015.