How did Scotland Vote? UK General Election 2017
This briefing provides an overview of the UK General Election 2017 results in Scotland.
Executive Summary
The UK General Election 2017, held on 8 June, resulted in the Conservative and Unionists being the largest party. The Conservative and Unionist Party secured 318 seats and 42.4% of the vote, with the Labour party winning 262 seats and 40.0% of the vote.
What did the results in Scotland look like?
The Scottish National Party won the majority of seats in Scotland, winning 35 seats. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party was second with 13 seats.
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. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party took the most seats from the Scottish National Party, seeing a 12 seat increase.
The change in number of seats in Scotland between 2015 and 2017 by party
Source: BBC
The Scottish National Party took 36.9% of the share of the vote in Scotland, a fall of 13.1 percentage points from 2015. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party saw an increase of 13.7 percentage points from 2015 to 28.6% . The proportion of votes going to other parties in Scotland fell by 2.6 percentage points from 2015. This is because the votes going to the Scottish Green Party and the UK Independence Party reduced significantly as they fielded far fewer candidates than in 2015.
The share of the vote by party and change between 2015 and 2017
Source: BBC and House of Commons Library
The turnout in Scotland was 66.4% which was slightly below the UK.
The turnout in Scotland and the UK in the 207 General Election
Source: BBC
What did the results look like by constituency?
