UK general elections › 2017 › Glasgow East
Glasgow East — 2017
David Linden (Scottish National Party) was elected with 14,024 votes— 38.8% of 36,166 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. 38.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,166
| 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 | David Linden | Scottish National Party | 14,024 | −11.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Kate Watson | Labour Party | 13,949 | — | ||
| 3 | Thomas Kerr | Conservative Party | 6,816 | — | ||
| 4 | Matthew Clark | Liberal Democrats | 567 | — | ||
| 5 | John Ferguson | UK Independence Party | 504 | — | ||
| 6 | Karin Finegan | Independent | 158 | — | ||
| 7 | Steven Marshall | Social Democratic Party | 148 | — |
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.