UK general elections › 2015 › Ochil and South Perthshire
Ochil and South Perthshire — 2015
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party) was elected with 26,620 votes— 46.0% of 57,871 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. 46.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,871
| 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 | Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh | Scottish National Party | 26,620 | 46.0% | −4.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gordon Banks | Labour Party | 16,452 | 28.4% | — | |
| 3 | Luke Graham | Conservative Party | 11,987 | 20.7% | — | |
| 4 | Iliyan Stefanov | Liberal Democrats | 1,481 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Martin Gray | UK Independence Party | 1,331 | 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.