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2015 general election

Scotland: 2015 general election results

How Scotland voted at the 2015 general election: the SNP won 56 of 59 seats with 50.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.

Scotland: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Scottish National Party56+501,454,43650.0%+30.059
Labour1−40707,14724.3%−17.759
Conservative10434,09714.9%−1.859
Liberal Democrats1−10219,6757.6%−11.359
UK Independence Party0047,0781.6%+0.941
Green0039,2051.4%+0.731
9 other parties and independents8,8270.3%

Change compared with the 2010 general election in Scotland.

Aberdeen North: SNP (Kirsty Blackman), majority 30.5% — SNP gain from LabAberdeen South: SNP (Callum McCaig), majority 14.9% — SNP gain from LabAirdrie and Shotts: SNP (Neil Gray), majority 19.8% — SNP gain from LabAngus: SNP (Mike Weir), majority 25.2%Argyll and Bute: SNP (Brendan O'Hara), majority 16.3% — SNP gain from LDAyr, Carrick and Cumnock: SNP (Corri Wilson), majority 21.6% — SNP gain from LabBanff and Buchan: SNP (Eilidh Whiteford), majority 31.4%Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk: SNP (Calum Kerr), majority 0.6% — SNP gain from LDCaithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross: SNP (Paul Monaghan), majority 11.2% — SNP gain from LDCentral Ayrshire: SNP (Philippa Whitford), majority 26.8% — SNP gain from LabCoatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill: SNP (Phil Boswell), majority 22.7% — SNP gain from LabCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East: SNP (Stuart McDonald), majority 29.9% — SNP gain from LabDumfries and Galloway: SNP (Richard Arkless), majority 11.5% — SNP gain from LabDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale: Con (David Mundell), majority 1.5%Dundee East: SNP (Stewart Hosie), majority 39.8%Dundee West: SNP (Chris Law), majority 38.2% — SNP gain from LabDunfermline and West Fife: SNP (Douglas Chapman), majority 18.5% — SNP gain from LabEast Dunbartonshire: SNP (John Nicolson), majority 4.0% — SNP gain from LDEast Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow: SNP (Lisa Cameron), majority 27.3% — SNP gain from LabEast Lothian: SNP (George Kerevan), majority 11.5% — SNP gain from LabEast Renfrewshire: SNP (Kirsten Oswald), majority 6.6% — SNP gain from LabEdinburgh East: SNP (Tommy Sheppard), majority 19.3% — SNP gain from LabEdinburgh North and Leith: SNP (Deidre Brock), majority 9.7% — SNP gain from LabEdinburgh South: Lab (Ian Murray), majority 5.4%Edinburgh South West: SNP (Joanna Cherry), majority 15.8% — SNP gain from LabEdinburgh West: SNP (Michelle Thomson), majority 5.9% — SNP gain from LDNa h-Eileanan an Iar: SNP (Angus MacNeil), majority 25.7%Falkirk: SNP (John McNally), majority 32.7% — SNP gain from LabGlasgow Central: SNP (Alison Thewliss), majority 19.5% — SNP gain from LabGlasgow East: SNP (Natalie McGarry), majority 24.5% — SNP gain from LabGlasgow North: SNP (Patrick Grady), majority 25.2% — SNP gain from LabGlasgow North East: SNP (Anne McLaughlin), majority 24.4% — SNP gain from LabGlasgow North West: SNP (Carol Monaghan), majority 23.6% — SNP gain from LabGlasgow South: SNP (Stewart McDonald), majority 25.2% — SNP gain from LabGlasgow South West: SNP (Christopher Stephens), majority 24.3% — SNP gain from LabGlenrothes: SNP (Peter Grant), majority 29.2% — SNP gain from LabGordon: SNP (Alex Salmond), majority 14.9% — SNP gain from LDInverclyde: SNP (Ronnie Cowan), majority 24.8% — SNP gain from LabInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey: SNP (Drew Hendry), majority 18.8% — SNP gain from LDKilmarnock and Loudoun: SNP (Alan Brown), majority 25.3% — SNP gain from LabKirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath: SNP (Roger Mullin), majority 18.9% — SNP gain from LabLanark and Hamilton East: SNP (Angela Crawley), majority 18.3% — SNP gain from LabLinlithgow and East Falkirk: SNP (Martyn Day), majority 21.0% — SNP gain from LabLivingston: SNP (Hannah Bardell), majority 29.3% — SNP gain from LabMidlothian: SNP (Owen Thompson), majority 20.4% — SNP gain from LabMoray: SNP (Angus Robertson), majority 18.4%Motherwell and Wishaw: SNP (Marion Fellows), majority 24.7% — SNP gain from LabNorth Ayrshire and Arran: SNP (Patricia Gibson), majority 25.2% — SNP gain from LabNorth East Fife: SNP (Stephen Gethins), majority 9.6% — SNP gain from LDOchil and South Perthshire: SNP (Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh), majority 17.6% — SNP gain from LabOrkney and Shetland: LD (Alistair Carmichael), majority 3.6%Paisley and Renfrewshire North: SNP (Gavin Newlands), majority 18.0% — SNP gain from LabPaisley and Renfrewshire South: SNP (Mhairi Black), majority 12.3% — SNP gain from LabPerth and North Perthshire: SNP (Pete Wishart), majority 17.8%Ross, Skye and Lochaber: SNP (Ian Blackford), majority 12.3% — SNP gain from LDRutherglen and Hamilton West: SNP (Margaret Ferrier), majority 17.3% — SNP gain from LabStirling: SNP (Steven Paterson), majority 20.1% — SNP gain from LabWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: SNP (Stuart Donaldson), majority 12.7% — SNP gain from LDWest Dunbartonshire: SNP (Martin Docherty), majority 27.7% — SNP gain from Lab

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
Aberdeen NorthSNP Kirsty Blackman13,39630.564.9%SNP gain from Lab
Aberdeen SouthSNP Callum McCaig7,23014.971.3%SNP gain from Lab
Airdrie and ShottsSNP Neil Gray8,77919.866.3%SNP gain from Lab
AngusSNP Mike Weir11,23025.267.6%SNP hold
Argyll and ButeSNP Brendan O'Hara8,47316.375.3%SNP gain from LD
Ayr, Carrick and CumnockSNP Corri Wilson11,26521.671.5%SNP gain from Lab
Banff and BuchanSNP Eilidh Whiteford14,33931.466.5%SNP hold
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkSNP Calum Kerr3280.674.2%SNP gain from LD
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossSNP Paul Monaghan3,84411.271.9%SNP gain from LD
Central AyrshireSNP Philippa Whitford13,58926.872.5%SNP gain from Lab
Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillSNP Phil Boswell11,50122.768.6%SNP gain from Lab
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastSNP Stuart McDonald14,75229.973.6%SNP gain from Lab
Dumfries and GallowaySNP Richard Arkless6,51411.575.2%SNP gain from Lab
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon David Mundell7981.576.1%Con hold
Dundee EastSNP Stewart Hosie19,16239.871.0%SNP hold
Dundee WestSNP Chris Law17,09238.267.8%SNP gain from Lab
Dunfermline and West FifeSNP Douglas Chapman10,35218.571.6%SNP gain from Lab
East DunbartonshireSNP John Nicolson2,1674.081.9%SNP gain from LD
East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowSNP Lisa Cameron16,52727.372.8%SNP gain from Lab
East LothianSNP George Kerevan6,80311.574.2%SNP gain from Lab
East RenfrewshireSNP Kirsten Oswald3,7186.681.1%SNP gain from Lab
Edinburgh EastSNP Tommy Sheppard9,10619.370.1%SNP gain from Lab
Edinburgh North and LeithSNP Deidre Brock5,5979.771.7%SNP gain from Lab
Edinburgh SouthLab Ian Murray2,6375.474.9%Lab hold
Edinburgh South WestSNP Joanna Cherry8,13515.871.5%SNP gain from Lab
Edinburgh WestSNP Michelle Thomson3,2105.976.5%SNP gain from LD
FalkirkSNP John McNally19,70132.772.4%SNP gain from Lab
Glasgow CentralSNP Alison Thewliss7,66219.555.4%SNP gain from Lab
Glasgow EastSNP Natalie McGarry10,38724.560.3%SNP gain from Lab
Glasgow NorthSNP Patrick Grady9,29525.261.4%SNP gain from Lab
Glasgow North EastSNP Anne McLaughlin9,22224.456.8%SNP gain from Lab
Glasgow North WestSNP Carol Monaghan10,36423.664.1%SNP gain from Lab
Glasgow SouthSNP Stewart McDonald12,26925.265.9%SNP gain from Lab
Glasgow South WestSNP Christopher Stephens9,95024.361.8%SNP gain from Lab
GlenrothesSNP Peter Grant13,89729.268.2%SNP gain from Lab
GordonSNP Alex Salmond8,68714.973.3%SNP gain from LD
InverclydeSNP Ronnie Cowan11,06324.875.2%SNP gain from Lab
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeySNP Drew Hendry10,80918.874.2%SNP gain from LD
Kilmarnock and LoudounSNP Alan Brown13,63825.371.6%SNP gain from Lab
Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathSNP Roger Mullin9,97418.969.6%SNP gain from Lab
Lanark and Hamilton EastSNP Angela Crawley10,10018.369.1%SNP gain from Lab
Linlithgow and East FalkirkSNP Martyn Day12,93421.070.8%SNP gain from Lab
LivingstonSNP Hannah Bardell16,84329.369.9%SNP gain from Lab
MidlothianSNP Owen Thompson9,85920.471.2%SNP gain from Lab
MoraySNP Angus Robertson9,06518.468.7%SNP hold
Motherwell and WishawSNP Marion Fellows11,89824.768.6%SNP gain from Lab
Na h-Eileanan an IarSNP Angus MacNeil4,10225.773.2%SNP hold
North Ayrshire and ArranSNP Patricia Gibson13,57325.271.1%SNP gain from Lab
North East FifeSNP Stephen Gethins4,3449.673.0%SNP gain from LD
Ochil and South PerthshireSNP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh10,16817.674.8%SNP gain from Lab
Orkney and ShetlandLD Alistair Carmichael8173.665.8%LD hold
Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthSNP Gavin Newlands9,07618.076.2%SNP gain from Lab
Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthSNP Mhairi Black5,68412.375.4%SNP gain from Lab
Perth and North PerthshireSNP Pete Wishart9,64117.874.8%SNP hold
Ross, Skye and LochaberSNP Ian Blackford5,12412.377.2%SNP gain from LD
Rutherglen and Hamilton WestSNP Margaret Ferrier9,97517.369.6%SNP gain from Lab
StirlingSNP Steven Paterson10,48020.177.5%SNP gain from Lab
West Aberdeenshire and KincardineSNP Stuart Donaldson7,03312.775.2%SNP gain from LD
West DunbartonshireSNP Martin Docherty14,17127.773.9%SNP gain from Lab

Scotland at every election →

Questions and answers

Who won in Scotland at the 2015 general election?

The SNP won 56 of the 59 seats in Scotland, with 50.0% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Scotland in 2015?

59 constituencies.

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