UK general elections › 2017 › West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire — 2017
Martin Docherty-Hughes (Scottish National Party) was elected with 18,890 votes— 42.9% of 44,083 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. 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,083
| 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 | Martin Docherty-Hughes | Scottish National Party | 18,890 | 42.9% | −7.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jean Anne Mitchell | Labour Party | 16,602 | 37.7% | — | |
| 3 | Penny Hutton | Conservative Party | 7,582 | 17.2% | — | |
| 4 | Rebecca Plenderleith | Liberal Democrats | 1,009 | 2.3% | — |
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.