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Gordon — 2019
Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,885 votes— 42.7% of 55,916 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. 42.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,916
| 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 | Richard Thomson | Scottish National Party | 23,885 | 42.7% | −7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Colin Clark | Conservative Party | 23,066 | 41.3% | — | |
| 3 | James Oates | Liberal Democrats | 5,913 | 10.6% | — | |
| 4 | Heather Herbert | Labour Party | 3,052 | 5.5% | — |
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.