UK general elections › 2017 › Lanark and Hamilton East
Lanark and Hamilton East — 2017
Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party) was elected with 16,444 votes— 32.6% of 50,470 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. 32.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −17.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,470
| 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 | Angela Crawley | Scottish National Party | 16,444 | 32.6% | −17.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Poppy Corbett | Conservative Party | 16,178 | 32.1% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Hilland | Labour Party | 16,084 | 31.9% | — | |
| 4 | Colin Robb | Liberal Democrats | 1,214 | 2.4% | — | |
| 5 | Donald MacKay | UK Independence Party | 550 | 1.1% | — |
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.