UK general elections › 2017 › Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock — 2017
Bill Grant (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,550 votes— 40.1% of 46,222 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. 40.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,222
| 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 | Bill Grant | Conservative Party | 18,550 | 40.1% | −9.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Corri Wilson | Scottish National Party | 15,776 | 34.1% | — | |
| 3 | Carol Mochan | Labour Party | 11,024 | 23.9% | — | |
| 4 | Callum Leslie | Liberal Democrats | 872 | 1.9% | — |
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.