UK general elections › 2017 › Dundee West
Dundee West — 2017
Chris Law (Scottish National Party) was elected with 18,045 votes— 46.7% of 38,677 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. 46.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,677
| 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 | Chris Law | Scottish National Party | 18,045 | 46.7% | −3.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alan Cowan | Labour Party | 12,783 | 33.1% | — | |
| 3 | Darren Cormack | Conservative Party | 6,257 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Jenny Blain | Liberal Democrats | 1,189 | 3.1% | — | |
| 5 | Sean Dobson | Independent | 403 | 1.0% | — |
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.