An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Glasgow East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Natalie McGarry with a majority of 10,387 - 24.5% - on a turnout of 60.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MCGARRY, Natalie | SNP | 24,116 | 56.9% | 32.1% |
CURRAN, Margaret | Lab | 13,729 | 32.4% | -29.2% |
MORRISON, Andy | Con | 2,544 | 6.0% | 1.5% |
THACKERAY, Arthur | UKIP | 1,105 | 2.6% | 2.0% |
LONG, Kim | Green | 381 | 0.9% | - |
MCLELLAND, Gary | LD | 318 | 0.7% | -4.3% |
MCLAUGHLAN, Liam | SSP | 224 | 0.5% | - |
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 70,378, having a valid vote count of 42,417 and an invalid vote count of 29.
Result declared at 03:23 on 8 May 2015.