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Glenrothes — 2015

Peter Grant (Scottish National Party) was elected with 28,459 votes59.8% of 47,598 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,598

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
1Peter Grant Scottish National Party 28,45959.8%+9.8 ptsElected
2Melanie Ward Labour Party 14,56230.6%
3Alex Stewart-Clark Conservative Party 3,6857.7%
4Jane Liston Liberal Democrats 8921.9%

Electorate 69,781 · Turnout 68.2% · Majority 13,897 · 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.