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Gordon — 2017
Colin Clark (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,861 votes— 40.7% of 53,685 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. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,685
| 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 | Colin Clark | Conservative Party | 21,861 | 40.7% | −9.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alex Salmond | Scottish National Party | 19,254 | 35.9% | — | |
| 3 | Kirsten Muat | Labour Party | 6,340 | 11.8% | — | |
| 4 | David Evans | Liberal Democrats | 6,230 | 11.6% | — |
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.