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Glasgow Central — 2015

Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party) was elected with 20,658 votes— 52.5% of 39,318 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,318

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
1Alison Thewliss Scottish National Party 20,658+2.5 ptsElected
2Anas Sarwar Labour Party 12,996—
3Simon Bone Conservative Party 2,359—
4Cass MacGregor Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,559—
5Stuart Maskell UK Independence Party 786—
6Chris Young Liberal Democrats 612—
7James Marris Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 171—
8Andrew Elliot Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 119—
9Katie Rhodes Socialist Equality Party 58—

Electorate 70,945 · Turnout 55.4% · Majority 7,662 · 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.