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Glasgow South — 2015

Stewart McDonald (Scottish National Party) was elected with 26,773 votes54.9% of 48,778 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,778

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
1Stewart McDonald Scottish National Party 26,77354.9%+4.9 ptsElected
2Tom Harris Labour Party 14,50429.7%
3Kyle Thornton Conservative Party 4,7529.7%
4Alastair Whitelaw Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,4312.9%
5Ewan Hoyle Liberal Democrats 1,0192.1%
6Brian Smith Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2990.6%

Electorate 74,051 · Turnout 65.9% · Majority 12,269 · 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.