UK general elections2017 › Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross — 2017

Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 11,061 votes35.8% of 30,901 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. 35.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 30,901

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Jamie Stone Liberal Democrats 11,06135.8%−14.2 ptsElected
2Paul Monaghan Scottish National Party 9,01729.2%
3Struan Mackie Conservative Party 6,99022.6%
4Olivia Bell Labour Party 3,83312.4%

Electorate 46,868 · Turnout 65.9% · Majority 2,044 · Back to 2017 overview

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.