UK general elections › 2017 › Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Linlithgow and East Falkirk — 2017
Martyn Day (Scottish National Party) was elected with 20,388 votes— 36.3% of 56,094 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. 36.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,094
| 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 | Martyn Day | Scottish National Party | 20,388 | 36.3% | −13.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Joan Coombes | Labour Party | 17,469 | 31.1% | — | |
| 3 | Charles Kennedy | Conservative Party | 16,311 | 29.1% | — | |
| 4 | Sally Pattle | Liberal Democrats | 1,926 | 3.4% | — |
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.