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Glasgow Central — 2015

Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party) was elected with 20,658 votes52.5% 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 20,65852.5%+2.5 ptsElected
2Anas Sarwar Labour Party 12,99633.1%
3Simon Bone Conservative Party 2,3596.0%
4Cass MacGregor Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,5594.0%
5Stuart Maskell UK Independence Party 7862.0%
6Chris Young Liberal Democrats 6121.6%
7James Marris Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 1710.4%
8Andrew Elliot Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1190.3%
9Katie Rhodes Socialist Equality Party 580.1%

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.