UK general elections2017 › Moray

Moray — 2017

Douglas Ross (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,637 votes47.6% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Douglas Ross Conservative Party 22,63747.6%−2.4 ptsElected
2Angus Robertson Scottish National Party 18,47838.8%
3Jo Kirby Labour Party 5,20810.9%
4Alex Linklater Liberal Democrats 1,0782.3%
5Anne Glen Independent 2040.4%

Electorate 70,649 · Turnout 67.4% · Majority 4,159 · Back to 2017 overview

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.