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Aberdeen South — 2015

Callum McCaig (Scottish National Party) was elected with 20,221 votes— 41.6% of 48,551 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 41.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,551

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Callum McCaig Scottish National Party 20,221−8.4 ptsElected
2Anne Begg Labour Party 12,991—
3Ross Thomson Conservative Party 11,087—
4Dennis Rixson Liberal Democrats 2,252—
5Dan Yeats Green Party (Scottish Green Party)964—
6Sandra Skinner UK Independence Party 897—
7Christopher Gray Independent 139—

Electorate 68,056 · Turnout 71.3% · Majority 7,230 · Back to 2015 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.