UK general elections › 2017 › Glenrothes
Glenrothes — 2017
Peter Grant (Scottish National Party) was elected with 17,291 votes— 42.8% of 40,399 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. 42.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,399
| 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 | Peter Grant | Scottish National Party | 17,291 | 42.8% | −7.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Altany Craik | Labour Party | 14,024 | 34.7% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Brown | Conservative Party | 7,876 | 19.5% | — | |
| 4 | Rebecca Bell | Liberal Democrats | 1,208 | 3.0% | — |
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.