UK general elections › 2017 › Dundee East
Dundee East — 2017
Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party) was elected with 18,391 votes— 42.8% of 42,928 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. 42.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,928
| 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 | Stewart Hosie | Scottish National Party | 18,391 | 42.8% | −7.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Eleanor Price | Conservative Party | 11,746 | 27.4% | — | |
| 3 | Lesley Brennan | Labour Party | 11,176 | 26.0% | — | |
| 4 | Christopher McIntyre | Liberal Democrats | 1,615 | 3.8% | — |
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.