UK general elections › 2017 › Aberdeen South
Aberdeen South — 2017
Ross Thomson (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,746 votes— 42.1% of 44,493 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. 42.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,493
| 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 | Ross Thomson | Conservative Party | 18,746 | 42.1% | −7.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Callum McCaig | Scottish National Party | 13,994 | 31.5% | — | |
| 3 | Callum O'Dwyer | Labour Party | 9,143 | 20.5% | — | |
| 4 | Jenny Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 2,610 | 5.9% | — |
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.