UK general elections › 2015 › West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine — 2015
Stuart Donaldson (Scottish National Party) was elected with 22,949 votes— 41.6% of 55,196 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. 41.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,196
| 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 | Stuart Donaldson | Scottish National Party | 22,949 | −8.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Alexander Burnett | Conservative Party | 15,916 | — | ||
| 3 | Robert Smith | Liberal Democrats | 11,812 | — | ||
| 4 | Barry Black | Labour Party | 2,487 | — | ||
| 5 | David Lansdell | UK Independence Party | 1,006 | — | ||
| 6 | Richard Openshaw | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 885 | — | ||
| 7 | Graham Reid | Independent | 141 | — |
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.