UK general elections › 2017 › Moray
Moray — 2017
Douglas Ross (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,637 votes— 47.6% of 47,605 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. 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,605
| 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 | Douglas Ross | Conservative Party | 22,637 | 47.6% | −2.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | 18,478 | 38.8% | — | |
| 3 | Jo Kirby | Labour Party | 5,208 | 10.9% | — | |
| 4 | Alex Linklater | Liberal Democrats | 1,078 | 2.3% | — | |
| 5 | Anne Glen | Independent | 204 | 0.4% | — |
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.