5 OCTOBER 2023 BY-ELECTION
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Change |
| Labour |
Michael Shanks |
17,845 |
58.6 |
+24.1 |
| SNP |
Katy Loudon |
8,399 |
27.6 |
-16.6 |
| Conservative |
Thomas Kerr |
1,192 |
3.9 |
-11.1 |
| Liberal Democrats |
Gloria Adebo |
895 |
2.9 |
-2.3 |
| Scottish Green |
Cameron Eadie |
601 |
2.0 |
New |
| Reform UK |
David Stark |
403 |
1.3 |
New |
| Scottish Family |
Niall Fraser |
319 |
1.1 |
New |
| Scottish Socialist |
Bill Bonnar |
271 |
0.9 |
New |
| ISP |
Colette Walker |
207 |
0.7 |
New |
| TUSC |
Christopher Sermanni |
178 |
0.6 |
New |
| Independent |
Andrew Daly |
81 |
0.3 |
New |
| Volt UK |
Ewan Hoyle |
46 |
0.2 |
New |
| No description |
Prince Ankit Love, Emperor of India |
34 |
0.1 |
New |
| No description |
Garry Cooke |
6 |
0.0 |
New |
| Majority |
9,446 |
31.0 |
N/A |
| Turnout |
30,477 |
37.2 |
-29.3 |
| Labour gain from SNP |
Swing +20.4 |
2019 GENERAL ELECTION
|
|
Party |
|
Gender |
Number of votes |
Share (%) |
Change vs. 2017 for party (percentage points) |
| Margaret Ferrier |
|
Scottish National Party |
|
Female |
23,775 |
44.2% |
+7.2 |
| Gerard Killen |
|
Labour and Co-operative |
|
Male |
18,545 |
34.5% |
-3.1 |
| Lynne Nailon |
|
Conservative |
|
Female |
8,054 |
15.0% |
-4.6 |
| Mark McGeever |
|
Liberal Democrat |
|
Male |
2,791 |
5.2% |
+0.9 |
| Janice Mackay |
|
UK Independence Party |
|
Female |
629 |
1.2% |
+0.3 |
| Election statistics |
|
|
| Majority |
|
|
| Votes |
|
5,230 |
| Percent |
|
9.7% |
| Rank (1 = highest %) |
|
516 |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
| Constituency |
|
66.5% |
| Region |
|
68.1% |
| UK |
|
67.3% |
| Constituency in 2017 |
|
63.5% |
|
|
|
| Size of electorate |
|
80,918 |
|
|
|
| Valid votes cast |
|
53,794 |