UK general elections › 2015 › North East Fife
North East Fife — 2015
Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party) was elected with 18,523 votes— 40.9% of 45,263 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. 40.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,263
| 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 | Stephen Gethins | Scottish National Party | 18,523 | 40.9% | −9.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tim Brett | Liberal Democrats | 14,179 | 31.3% | — | |
| 3 | Huw Bell | Conservative Party | 7,373 | 16.3% | — | |
| 4 | Brian Thomson | Labour Party | 3,476 | 7.7% | — | |
| 5 | Andy Collins | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,387 | 3.1% | — | |
| 6 | Mike Scott-Hayward | Independent | 325 | 0.7% | — |
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.