UK general elections › 2019 › Glasgow East
Glasgow East — 2019
David Linden (Scottish National Party) was elected with 18,357 votes— 47.7% of 38,483 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. 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,483
| 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 | David Linden | Scottish National Party | 18,357 | 47.7% | −2.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kate Watson | Labour Party | 12,791 | 33.2% | — | |
| 3 | Thomas Kerr | Conservative Party | 5,709 | 14.8% | — | |
| 4 | James Harrison | Liberal Democrats | 1,626 | 4.2% | — |
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.