UK general elections › 2015 › Stirling
Stirling — 2015
Steven Paterson (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,783 votes— 45.6% of 52,135 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. 45.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,135
| 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 | Steven Paterson | Scottish National Party | 23,783 | 45.6% | −4.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Johanna Boyd | Labour Party | 13,303 | 25.5% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Kerr | Conservative Party | 12,051 | 23.1% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Ruskell | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,606 | 3.1% | — | |
| 5 | Elisabeth Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 1,392 | 2.7% | — |
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.