UK general elections › 2017 › Falkirk
Falkirk — 2017
John Mc Nally (Scottish National Party) was elected with 20,952 votes— 38.9% 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
| 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 | John Mc Nally | Scottish National Party | 20,952 | 38.9% | −11.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Craig Martin | Labour Party | 16,029 | 29.8% | — | |
| 3 | Callum Laidlaw | Conservative Party | 14,088 | 26.2% | — | |
| 4 | Austin Reid | Liberal Democrats | 1,120 | 2.1% | — | |
| 5 | Debra Pickering | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 908 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | Stuart Martin | UK Independence Party | 712 | 1.3% | — |
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.