UK general elections2017 › West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine — 2017

Andrew Bowie (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,704 votes47.9% of 51,625 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. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,625

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
1Andrew Bowie Conservative Party 24,70447.9%−2.1 ptsElected
2Stuart Donaldson Scottish National Party 16,75432.5%
3Barry Black Labour Party 5,70611.1%
4John Waddell Liberal Democrats 4,4618.6%

Electorate 72,477 · Turnout 71.2% · Majority 7,950 · 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.