UK general elections2015 › Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill — 2015

Phil Boswell (Scottish National Party) was elected with 28,696 votes56.6% of 50,698 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,698

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
1Phil Boswell Scottish National Party 28,69656.6%+6.6 ptsElected
2Tom Clarke Labour Party 17,19533.9%
3Mhairi Fraser Conservative Party 3,2096.3%
4Scott Cairns UK Independence Party 1,0492.1%
5Robert Simpson Liberal Democrats 5491.1%

Electorate 73,894 · Turnout 68.6% · Majority 11,501 · 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.