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East Renfrewshire — 2024
Blair McDougall (Labour Party) was elected with 21,935 votes— 43.7% of 50,227 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. 43.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,227
| 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 | Blair McDougall | Labour Party | 21,935 | 43.7% | −6.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kirsten Oswald | Scottish National Party | 13,514 | 26.9% | — | |
| 3 | Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative Party | 8,494 | 16.9% | — | |
| 4 | Matt Alexander | Reform UK | 2,360 | 4.7% | — | |
| 5 | Karen Sharkey | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,510 | 3.0% | — | |
| 6 | Alan Grant | Liberal Democrats | 1,150 | 2.3% | — | |
| 7 | Maria Reid | Scottish Family Party | 487 | 1.0% | — | |
| 8 | Allan Steele | Liberal | 481 | 1.0% | — | |
| 9 | Colette Walker | Independence for Scotland Party | 296 | 0.6% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.