UK general elections › 2017 › Central Ayrshire
Central Ayrshire — 2017
Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party) was elected with 16,771 votes— 37.2% of 45,087 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. 37.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,087
| 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 | Philippa Whitford | Scottish National Party | 16,771 | 37.2% | −12.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Caroline Hollins Martin | Conservative Party | 15,504 | 34.4% | — | |
| 3 | Nairn McDonald | Labour Party | 11,762 | 26.1% | — | |
| 4 | Tom Inglis | Liberal Democrats | 1,050 | 2.3% | — |
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.