UK general elections › 2017 › North East Fife
North East Fife — 2017
Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party) was elected with 13,743 votes— 32.9% of 41,822 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. 32.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −17.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,822
| 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 | Stephen Gethins | Scottish National Party | 13,743 | 32.9% | −17.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Elizabeth Riches | Liberal Democrats | 13,741 | 32.9% | — | |
| 3 | Tony Miklinski | Conservative Party | 10,088 | 24.1% | — | |
| 4 | Rosalind Garton | Labour Party | 4,026 | 9.6% | — | |
| 5 | Mike Scott-Hayward | Independent Sovereign Democratic Britain | 224 | 0.5% | — |
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.