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Glasgow South — 2015

Stewart McDonald (Scottish National Party) was elected with 26,773 votes— 54.9% 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 26,773+4.9 ptsElected
2Tom Harris Labour Party 14,504—
3Kyle Thornton Conservative Party 4,752—
4Alastair Whitelaw Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,431—
5Ewan Hoyle Liberal Democrats 1,019—
6Brian Smith Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 299—

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.