UK general elections › 2017 › Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill — 2017
Hugh Gaffney (Labour Party) was elected with 19,193 votes— 42.6% of 45,040 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. 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,040
| 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 | Hugh Gaffney | Labour Party | 19,193 | 42.6% | −7.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Philip Boswell | Scottish National Party | 17,607 | 39.1% | — | |
| 3 | Robyn Halbert | Conservative Party | 7,318 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | David Bennie | Liberal Democrats | 922 | 2.0% | — |
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.