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Glasgow Central — 2017
Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party) was elected with 16,096 votes— 44.7% of 35,984 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. 44.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,984
| 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 | Alison Thewliss | Scottish National Party | 16,096 | 44.7% | −5.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Faten Hameed | Labour Party | 13,829 | 38.4% | — | |
| 3 | Charlotte Fairbanks | Conservative Party | 5,014 | 13.9% | — | |
| 4 | Isabel Nelson | Liberal Democrats | 1,045 | 2.9% | — |
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.