UK general elections › 2019 › Central Ayrshire
Central Ayrshire — 2019
Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party) was elected with 21,486 votes— 46.2% of 46,534 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. 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,534
| 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 | Philippa Whitford | Scottish National Party | 21,486 | 46.2% | −3.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Derek Stillie | Conservative Party | 16,182 | 34.8% | — | |
| 3 | Louise McPhater | Labour Party | 6,583 | 14.1% | — | |
| 4 | Emma Farthing | Liberal Democrats | 2,283 | 4.9% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.