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2015 general election · Scotland

East Lothian: 2015 general election result

George Kerevan (Scottish National Party) won East Lothian at the 2015 general election with a majority of 6,803 (SNP gain from Lab). Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
George KerevanScottish National Party
Majority
6,80311.5% of valid votes
Turnout
74.2%59,014 valid votes
Electorate
79,481
Result
SNP gain from Lab
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
George Kerevan ElectedScottish National Party25,10442.5%+26.5
Fiona O'Donnell sitting MPLabour18,30131.0%−13.6
David RoachConservative11,51119.5%−0.1
Ettie SpencerLiberal Democrats1,5172.6%−14.3
Jason RoseGreen
Scottish Green Party
1,2452.1%+0.4
Oluf MarshallUK Independence Party1,1782.0%+0.9
Mike AllanIndependent1580.3%+0.3
Valid votes59,014
Majority6,80311.5%

Change compared with the 2010 general election (same boundaries).

Declared 8 May 2015, 04:05.

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Questions and answers

Who won East Lothian at the 2015 general election?

George Kerevan (Scottish National Party) won with 25,104 votes (42.5%). Result: SNP gain from Lab.

What was the majority in East Lothian in 2015?

6,803 votes (11.5% of valid votes) over the Labour candidate, Fiona O'Donnell.

What was the turnout in East Lothian in 2015?

74.2% of the 79,481 registered electors cast a valid vote (59,014 votes).

Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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