UK general elections › 2015 › Midlothian
Midlothian — 2015
Owen Thompson (Scottish National Party) was elected with 24,453 votes— 50.6% of 48,331 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,331
| 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 | Owen Thompson | Scottish National Party | 24,453 | 50.6% | +0.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kenny Young | Labour Party | 14,594 | 30.2% | — | |
| 3 | Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative Party | 5,760 | 11.9% | — | |
| 4 | Ian Baxter | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,219 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Gordon Norrie | UK Independence Party | 1,173 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Aisha Mir | Liberal Democrats | 1,132 | 2.3% | — |
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.