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Falkirk — 2017

John Mc Nally (Scottish National Party) was elected with 20,952 votes38.9% of 53,809 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. 38.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,809

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1John Mc Nally Scottish National Party 20,952−11.1 ptsElected
2Craig Martin Labour Party 16,029
3Callum Laidlaw Conservative Party 14,088
4Austin Reid Liberal Democrats 1,120
5Debra Pickering Green Party (Scottish Green Party)908
6Stuart Martin UK Independence Party 712

Electorate 82,240 · Turnout 65.4% · Majority 4,923 · Back to 2017 overview

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.