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Gordon — 2015
Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) was elected with 27,717 votes— 47.7% of 58,161 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,161
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Salmond | Scottish National Party | 27,717 | 47.7% | −2.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christine Jardine | Liberal Democrats | 19,030 | 32.7% | — | |
| 3 | Colin Clark | Conservative Party | 6,807 | 11.7% | — | |
| 4 | Braden Davy | Labour Party | 3,441 | 5.9% | — | |
| 5 | Emily Santos | UK Independence Party | 1,166 | 2.0% | — |
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.