UK general elections › 2015 › Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Ross, Skye and Lochaber — 2015
Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party) was elected with 20,119 votes— 48.1% of 41,811 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. 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,811
| 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 | Ian Blackford | Scottish National Party | 20,119 | −1.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Charles Kennedy | Liberal Democrats | 14,995 | — | ||
| 3 | Lindsay McCallum | Conservative Party | 2,598 | — | ||
| 4 | Chris Conniff | Labour Party | 2,043 | — | ||
| 5 | Anne Thomas | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,051 | — | ||
| 6 | Philip Anderson | UK Independence Party | 814 | — | ||
| 7 | Ronnie Campbell | Independent | 191 | — |
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.