UK general elections › 2017 › Glasgow South
Glasgow South — 2017
Stewart McDonald (Scottish National Party) was elected with 18,312 votes— 41.1% of 44,550 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. 41.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,550
| 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 | Stewart McDonald | Scottish National Party | 18,312 | 41.1% | −8.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Eileen Dinning | Labour Party | 16,285 | 36.6% | — | |
| 3 | Taylor Muir | Conservative Party | 8,506 | 19.1% | — | |
| 4 | Ewan Hoyle | Liberal Democrats | 1,447 | 3.2% | — |
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.