UK general elections › 2017 › East Lothian
East Lothian — 2017
Martin Whitfield (Labour Party) was elected with 20,158 votes— 36.1% of 55,878 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. 36.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,878
| 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 | Martin Whitfield | Labour Party | 20,158 | 36.1% | −13.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | George Kerevan | Scottish National Party | 17,075 | 30.6% | — | |
| 3 | Sheila Low | Conservative Party | 16,540 | 29.6% | — | |
| 4 | Elisabeth Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 1,738 | 3.1% | — | |
| 5 | Mike Allan | Independent | 367 | 0.7% | — |
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.