The Tory cry that Sturgeon needed “to get on with the day job” resonated. This year's Scottish election is high-profile and has far-reaching consequences for the future of the UK. This information was correct at the time of the election. Scottish National Party holds Airdrie and Shotts with an ultra-marginal seat of 195 votes, a margin of just 0.51%. 2017: Scottish National Party - 36.9% - 35 Conservative Party - 28.6% - 13 Labour Party - 27.1% - 7 Liberal Democrats - 6.8% - 4 Scottish Green Party - 0.2% - 0 UK Independence Party - 0.2% - 0 Note: >This map is based on estimations based on Council Election results, demographics and independence and Brexit referendum results. Author: Andrew Aiton and Laura Gilman SHARE. The Scottish Conservative Party had not held a majority of Scottish seats at a general election since 1955 and lost all Scottish representation at the 1997 general election. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party took the most seats from the Scottish National Party, seeing a 12 seat increase. The 2017 intake has surpassed 200, outnumbering the 196 women elected to the House of Commons in the last Parliament after the 2015 election and subsequent by-elections. In a profile of the seat of Moray for The Guardian after the election, journalist Severin Carrell summarised the result: "Moray had been an SNP seat for 30 years but... using Brexit as the basis for a second independence vote so soon after 2014 crystallised an irritation with the party brewing for several years. Shows the general election results for Argyll and Bute, which is a constituency in Argyll & Bute.In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,230 and a turnout of 71.5%. UK General Election 2017. In 2019, the Scottish National Party had the highest share of Scottish votes in the 2019 General Election at 45 percent. Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote. The SNP polled slightly under half of the votes, 49.97%, in Scotland at the 2015 general election; the largest vote share at a general election in Scotland for a party since the Conservatives won a majority of the popular vote, 50.1%, in 1955. It had been reported the party could gain Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk,[14] a seat which they lost out to the Scottish National Party by a meagre 0.6% of the vote. "[29], Scottish Labour retained their Edinburgh South constituency with a significant majority of 15,514 votes (32.4%), making it the safest constituency in Scotland. [2] The Conservative Party, which has governed nationally since 2010, was defending a majority of 17[3] against the Labour Party, the official opposition. There are 51 ultra-marginals seats and Airdrie and Shotts may be hotly contested between Scottish National Party and Labour Party. Since 1995, local elections in Scotland have been generally held every four years for all the 32 unitary authorities created under the Local Government etc. Between 1975 and 1992, elections were held every two years for either district or regional council, which sat for four-year terms. The percentage share of the party vote by election year. [25] Six out of seven constituencies in the North-East of Scotland voted Conservative, including former SNP party leader and First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond's constituency of Gordon, and the SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson's seat of Moray. This briefing provides an overview of the UK General Election 2017 results in Scotland. Defeated SNP MPs included: former SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond,[4] SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson,[5] SNP Chief Whip Mike Weir;[6] as well as John Nicolson[7] and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh. These are the results for the Scottish Parliament election held on Thursday 5 May 2016. ... Labour and the Conservatives both made gains in Scotland, ... 2017 RESULTS. [15] The SNP incorrectly predicted that many pro-union voters would switch allegiance to the party in order to remain within the European Union. Party strategists said some of the results suggested the SNP would face a tough battle to hold on to some of the 56 Westminster seats it won in 2015 in June’s general election. [25] The SNP failed to win a majority of the vote in any of Scotland's 59 constituencies. Based on the YouGov MRP results, the Scottish National Party are expected to have a Likely win in the 2019 UK general election. [16], A study by Electoral Calculus, published on 14 May 2017, concluded that the Conservatives could win 11 seats in Scotland.[17][18]. do not work properly without it enabled. Latest general election results from the UK’s 650 constituencies. [30] However, the party's vote collapsed to the Conservatives in Aberdeenshire, the Borders and in parts of the Highlands. The 2016 EU referendum was held a month later on Thursday 23 June, and the final result was for the United Kingdom to leave the EU; despite Scotland voting 62.0% for 'Remain'. News General Election Results 2017 - Seat: Ochil and South Perthshire THE result from the Ochil and South Perthshire constituency in the 2017 General Election. For each general election in Scotland, 59 MPs are elected to represent Scottish constituencies in Westminster.Unlike the rest of the UK, Scotland … The party lost out heavily to the SNP in working-class areas around the Scottish Central Belt, with Scottish Labour's safest constituency (Glasgow North East) returning the largest swing at the general election for any seat in the UK with 39.3% from Labour to SNP. NICOLA Sturgeon has fuelled speculation she is going to step down as SNP leader after the pro-independence party suffered embarrassing General Election results. Scotland Results Map - General Election 2017 View fullscreen Elsewhere, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, Renfrewshire East, Stirling and Berwickshire, Roxburgh and … At that election, the Scottish Conservatives increased their number of MSPs, overtaking Labour as the largest opposition party. The election resulted in the SNP remaining the largest single party in Scotland, despite losing 21 seats to pro-union candidates. Scottish National Party. The general election in Scotland was fought in the aftermath of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, in which the Scottish National Party (SNP) won a third term in government but lost its overall majority in the Scottish Parliament. The Conservatives, at 28.6%, doubled their share of the vote and won 13 seats, while Labour won seven seats and the Liberal Democrats four seats. Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election. Until this election the Conservatives had not been the second-largest party in Scotland since 1992 and had not been the largest unionist party in Scotland since 1955. Results of the 2017 UK general election in Scotland Main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland The 2017 UK general election returned a hung parliament resulting in Theresa May's Conservatives returning as a minority government through a … [8] Commentators suggested that the election might reduce the SNP's case for a second referendum on Scottish independence. They marginally lost out to the SNP in East Dunbartonshire, where former Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson lost out to the SNP by 2,167 votes. The third-largest party was the SNP, which had won 56 of the 59 Scottish seats at the 2015 general election. Scotland's First Minister says the United Kingdom's election results show that Scottish voters should be given another referendum on whether to remain with or leave the union it helped create in 1707. Find Scottish UK Local elections 2017 Results Dates Voting Opinion Poll Candidates Parties Voting Voter List 2017 Exit Polls, England Results party. Shows the general election results for Scotland, … Since 2001, the party had held only one Scottish seat in the House of Commons. It is comprised of In 2017 it had a total electorate of 3,988,441 and a turnout of 66.4%. The impact of the 2016 EU referendum and a proposed second Scottish independence referendum was a large theme at the snap 2017 general election. This briefing looks at the 2017 local government elections including turnout, results, the gender balance of the candidates and councillors, as well as the make-up of the administration of the elections. (Scotland) Act 1994. The Conservatives recorded their best result in Scotland since 1983 (in terms of seats won) or 1979 (in terms of share of the popular vote). Like the rest of the United Kingdom, Scottish broadcasters hosted television debates. [9][10][11] Following the election, the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon acknowledged that her party's plans for a second referendum were 'undoubtedly' a factor in the election results. On 21 May, BBC Scotland announced that they would host a debate on 10 December, two days before the election, which was moderated by Sarah Smith. which is a country in Ettrick, Roxburghshire, Berwickshire. This briefing provides an overview of the UK General Election 2017 results in Scotland. Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted. We've put together some useful information about the election on 6 May. They also gained the East Renfrewshire constituency, an affluent commuter suburb on the outskirts of Glasgow which was the safest Conservative constituency in Scotland before their collapse at the 1997 general election,[28] and gained the Ochil and South Perthshire and Stirling constituencies in Central Scotland, coming within 21 votes of gaining Perth and North Perthshire, the second closest result in Scotland and the third closest across the United Kingdom as a whole. The Conservatives win 12 seats from the SNP, including Moray from the SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson and Gordon from former First Minister Alex Salmond. General Election 2017: Edinburgh results in full A look at the full results from Edinburgh and the Lothians. Results and analysis from the British general election. The Liberal Democrats gained the suburban constituencies of East Dunbartonshire and Edinburgh West on the outskirts of Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively. [24][27] The Conservatives formed the largest party in the south of the country through Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire, where they won four seats in total. You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser settings. General Election 2019 LIVE in Scotland as dogs also head to the polls Here is your guide to when Scottish constituencies may call results later on this evening based off the 2017 election… The 2017 General Election resulted in a hung Parliament, with no party winning an overall majority. By The Newsroom. The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland was held on Thursday 8 June 2017; all 59 seats were contested under the first-past-the-post electoral system. Scottish parliament election results 2016; Scottish Parliament by election results 2017 (this page) Scottish Parliament by election results 2017. This marked a 13% drop in support for the SNP, down to 36.9% of the vote. The next Scottish Parliament election will take place on Thursday 6 May 2021. Sturgeon, in run-up to the polls, had appealed the electorate of Scotland … Two out of three seats covering the city of Aberdeen returned Conservative MP's. [citation needed] Polling from YouGov suggests people moving towards independence as a result of Brexit would be offset by the number of previously pro-independence Leave voters saying they would vote against independence as a result of Brexit. The Labour Party won 262 seats, and 40.0% of the vote, up from 232 seats and 30.4% of the vote in 2015. In line with the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, an election had not been due until 7 May 2020, but a call for a snap election by Prime Minister Theresa May received the necessary two-thirds majority in a 522–13 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017. The Scottish National Party won the most seats in Scotland Number of seats won in Scotland by Party in 2017 General Election Source: BBC The Scottish National Party lost 21 seats between the 2015 and 2017 General Elections. They lost out to the SNP in the North East Fife constituency by just 2 votes (0.0%), the closest result in the United Kingdom at a general election since the result in Winchester in 1997. 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Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party. 2016 Election Results. The political composition of the councils has not yet been decided and will be covered in a separate briefing. Rachael Hamilton of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist party was elected as MSP for Ettrick, Roxburghshire, Berwickshire. [20] The debate was moderated by Bernard Ponsbury. [19] It was originally due to be held the week before but this was postponed until Tuesday 6 June. … Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election. [24] The party also took the most votes and a majority of seats in three out of four major cities in Scotland (Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh), however Labour were within 1,200 votes of taking the most votes in Edinburgh and were within 200 votes of gaining two additional seats in Glasgow. The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland was held on Thursday 8 June 2017; all 59 seats were contested under the first-past-the-post electoral system. Election 2021 - general information. ... 2011 election results. The Scottish Liberal Democrats lost 10 of their 11 Westminster seats from 2010, with their safest seat in the UK - Orkney and Shetland - remaining as the only Liberal Democrat seat in Scotland. Those arrangements were set up by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. [13] The SNP manifesto at the 2015 general election repeatedly stated that "The SNP will always support independence - but that is not what this election is about".[13]. In 2005, following the re-organisation of Scottish constituencies, that seat was Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, a mostly rural constituency near the Scottish Borders. Distribution of party votes by percentages. But, COVID-safe counting means we will not get the Holyrood results … On 6 June, two days before the election, STV hosted a television debate from the Tramway theatre in Glasgow with the four main Scottish leaders. (showhide). IN FULL: Scottish results from General Election 2017 Voters went to the polls today in a general election that could saw numerous seats change hands north of the border. FULL SCOTLAND RESULTS: The SNP has won Scotland with a total of 35 seats. Theresa May’s Conservative Party has reserved a total of 13 seats in the Scotland Election Results 2017. SNP. The number of seats won by parties by election year. Labour's next closest result was at Edinburgh North and Leith, where they missed out to the SNP by 5,597 votes, and in East Lothian, where the SNP polled ahead of Labour by 6,803 votes. Breaking News Nigerian General Presidential Election 2020 Voting Live Analysis of Results (National Records of Scotland archive) [26], The Scottish Conservatives performed best in areas where the campaign in favour of remaining part of the United Kingdom performed best in at the 2014 independence referendum and in areas where the campaign to leave the European Union performed best in at the 2016 EU membership referendum. You may find some parts of this website The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 12 December 2019, two-and-a-half years after the previous general election in June 2017.The Scottish National Party (SNP) received the most votes (45%, up 8.1% from the previous election) and won 48 out of 59 seats — a gain of 13 over those won in 2017, and 81% of the Scottish seats in the House of Commons. 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Among those to lose their seat at the election were: former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander. Up to the minute results of the 2019 General Election in Scotland from BBC News. 32 counties The party performed best in more affluent constituencies, with then-Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy missing out in his former constituency of East Renfrewshire by just 3,718 votes. By The Newsroom. Labour only returned a single MP at Edinburgh South; a reduction of 40 seats compared to the previous election. Shows the general election results for Scotland, which is a country in Great Britain.It is comprised of 32 counties (show hide). 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