UK general elections › 2017 › West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine — 2017
Andrew Bowie (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,704 votes— 47.9% 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
| 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 | Andrew Bowie | Conservative Party | 24,704 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stuart Donaldson | Scottish National Party | 16,754 | 32.5% | — | |
| 3 | Barry Black | Labour Party | 5,706 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | John Waddell | Liberal Democrats | 4,461 | 8.6% | — |
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.