UK general elections › 2017 › Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East — 2017
Stuart McDonald (Scottish National Party) was elected with 19,122 votes— 43.6% of 43,833 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. 43.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,833
| 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 | Stuart McDonald | Scottish National Party | 19,122 | 43.6% | −6.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Elisha Fisher | Labour Party | 14,858 | 33.9% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Johnston | Conservative Party | 8,010 | 18.3% | — | |
| 4 | Rod Ackland | Liberal Democrats | 1,238 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Carl Pearson | UK Independence Party | 605 | 1.4% | — |
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.