UK general elections › 2017 › Stirling
Stirling — 2017
Stephen Kerr (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,291 votes— 37.1% of 49,356 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. 37.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,356
| 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 Kerr | Conservative Party | 18,291 | 37.1% | −12.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Steven Paterson | Scottish National Party | 18,143 | 36.8% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Kane | Labour Party | 10,902 | 22.1% | — | |
| 4 | Wendy Chamberlain | Liberal Democrats | 1,683 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Kirstein Rummery | Women's Equality Party | 337 | 0.7% | — |
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.