UK general elections › 2015 › East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire — 2015
Kirsten Oswald (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,013 votes— 40.6% of 56,730 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. 40.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,730
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsten Oswald | Scottish National Party | 23,013 | 40.6% | −9.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jim Murphy | Labour Party | 19,295 | 34.0% | — | |
| 3 | David Montgomery | Conservative Party | 12,465 | 22.0% | — | |
| 4 | Graeme Cowie | Liberal Democrats | 1,069 | 1.9% | — | |
| 5 | Robert Malyn | UK Independence Party | 888 | 1.6% | — |
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.