UK general elections › 2017 › East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire — 2017
Paul Masterton (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,496 votes— 40.0% of 53,738 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. 40.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,738
| 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 | Paul Masterton | Conservative Party | 21,496 | 40.0% | −10.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kirsten Oswald | Scottish National Party | 16,784 | 31.2% | — | |
| 3 | Blair McDougall | Labour Party | 14,346 | 26.7% | — | |
| 4 | Aileen Morton | Liberal Democrats | 1,112 | 2.1% | — |
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.