UK general elections › 2015 › Lanark and Hamilton East
Lanark and Hamilton East — 2015
Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party) was elected with 26,976 votes— 48.8% of 55,258 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. 48.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,258
| 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 | Angela Crawley | Scottish National Party | 26,976 | 48.8% | −1.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jim Hood | Labour Party | 16,876 | 30.5% | — | |
| 3 | Alex Allison | Conservative Party | 8,772 | 15.9% | — | |
| 4 | Donald MacKay | UK Independence Party | 1,431 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Gregg Cullen | Liberal Democrats | 1,203 | 2.2% | — |
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.