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2015 general election · Scotland

Gordon: 2015 general election result

Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) won Gordon at the 2015 general election with a majority of 8,687 (SNP gain from LD). Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
Alex SalmondScottish National Party
Majority
8,68714.9% of valid votes
Turnout
73.3%58,161 valid votes
Electorate
79,393
Result
SNP gain from LD
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Alex Salmond ElectedScottish National Party27,71747.7%+25.5
Christine JardineLiberal Democrats19,03032.7%−3.3
Colin ClarkConservative6,80711.7%−7.0
Braden DavyLabour3,4415.9%−14.2
Emily SantosUK Independence Party1,1662.0%+2.0
Valid votes58,161
Majority8,68714.9%

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

Declared 8 May 2015, 06:45.

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Questions and answers

Who won Gordon at the 2015 general election?

Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) won with 27,717 votes (47.7%). Result: SNP gain from LD.

What was the majority in Gordon in 2015?

8,687 votes (14.9% of valid votes) over the Liberal Democrats candidate, Christine Jardine.

What was the turnout in Gordon in 2015?

73.3% of the 79,393 registered electors cast a valid vote (58,161 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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