2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

United Kingdom general election, 2017
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Alle 59 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	66.4%, 4.7%
	Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency

The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland was held on 8 June 2017 and all 59 seats were contested under the first-past-the-post electoral system.

The general election in Scotland was fought in the aftermath of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election in which the SNP won a third term in government but failed to secure an overall majority in the Scottish Parliament. At that election the Scottish Conservative Party increased their number of MSPs, overtaking Labour as the largest opposition party. The 2016 EU referendum was held a month later and the final result was for Britain to leave the EU, despite Scotland voting 62.0% remain. Negotiations are due to shortly since invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union in March 2017, which was expected to dominate the election campaign.^[1]

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 to 13 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017.^[2] The Conservative Party, which has governed since 2015, was defending a majority of 17^[3] against the Labour Party, the official opposition. The third-largest party was the Scottish National Party, which won 56 of the 59 Scottish constituencies in 2015.

The election resulted in the SNP remaining the largest party despite losing 21 seats, retaining 35 of the 56 seats won two years earlier. The Conservatives doubled their share of vote and won 13 seats while Labour and the Liberal Democrats took 7 and 4 seats respectively. 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). 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.

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.^[8] Commentators suggested that the election might reduce the SNP's case for a second referendum on Scottish independence.^[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. The SNP also abandoned its fundraiser for a possible referendum after raising half of its £1m target, just over a week before its preset deadline.^[12]

Political context

Following a referendum held on Scottish independence in 2014 which saw 44.7% of voters in Scotland vote for Scotland to become an independent state and 55.3% vote for Scotland to remain a devolved part of the United Kingdom, the SNP won 56 of the 59 UK Parliamentary seats in Scotland at the 2015 UK general election, campaigning on a manifesto focusing on bringing greater devolved powers to Scotland following a promise made by the three main unionist parties in Scotland to bring more devolved powers to the country should it rejected independence.^[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]

Labour only returned one MP in Edinburgh South, a reduction of 40 compared to the previous election. The party lost out heavily to the SNP in working class areas around central Scotland, with Scottish Labour's safest constituency (Glasgow North East) returning the largest swing in the election at 39.3% from Labour to SNP. The party performed best in its more affluent constituencies, with Scottish Labour's leader Jim Murphy missing out in his former constituency of East Renfrewshire by just 6.6% of the vote. Labour's next closest constituency result came in Edinburgh North and Leith, where they missed out to the SNP by 9.6% of the vote, and in East Lothian, where the SNP polled ahead of Labour by 11.5% of the vote.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats lost 10 of their 11 Westminster constituencies from 2010, with its safest constituency in Great Britain - Orkney and Shetland - becoming the only Liberal Democrat constituency in Scotland. They marginally lost out to the SNP in East Dunbartonshire, where former Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson lost out to the SNP by 4% of the vote. Among those to lose their constituency at the election were former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander. The Liberal Democrats came third in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, constituencies which they had held in the previous election.

The Scottish Conservative Party has not held a majority of Scottish seats in a general election since 1955 and it lost all eleven of its seats in the election of 1997. Since 2001, the party had only held one Westminster seat in Scotland. In 2005, following the re-organisation of Scottish constituencies, that seat was Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, a mostly rural constituency near the Scottish borders. In 2015 its share of the vote in Scotland decreased by 1.8% but managed to retain Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, as its only Scottish constituency. It had been reported the party could gain Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk,^[14] a seat which they lost out on to the Scottish National Party by 0.6% of the vote. Although the SNP polled slightly under half of the votes in Scotland in 2015, no party has won a majority of the popular vote in Scotland since the Conservatives won 50.1% in 1955.

The impact of the 2016 EU referendum and a proposed second Scottish independence referendum were predicted to be a large theme in the 2017 general election.^[15] The SNP predicted that many pro-union voters would switch allegiance to the party in order to remain within the European Union. Polling from YouGov suggests this strategy would be offset by the number of previously pro-independence Leave voters.^[16]

A study by Electoral Calculus, published on 14 May 2017, concluded that the Conservatives could win 11 seats in Scotland.^[17]^[18]

Campaign events

On 21 May, BBC Scotland hosted the First live TV debate, all six Scottish leaders.^[19]
On 24 May, STV was supposed to host the second Live TV debate from the Tramway theatre in Glasgow with the four main Scottish leaders^[20] but this was postponed until Tuesday 6 June.^[21]

Opinion polling

Results

^[22]

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00B140;" data-sort-value="Scottish Green Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6D3177;" data-sort-value="UKIP" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #9966CC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Christian Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #432360;" data-sort-value="Women's Equality Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D25469;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)" |

Party		Seats			Popular vote
Party		Contested	Won	Ändern Sie	Votes	%	±pp
SNP	59	35	21	977,569	36.9	13.1
Conservative	59	13	12	757,949	28.6	13.7
Labour	59	7	6	717,007	27.1	2.8
Liberal Democrats	59	4	3	179,061	6.8	0.8
Scottish Green	3	0		5,886	0.2	1.1
UKIP	2	0		5,302	0.2	1.4
Independent	10	0		4,183	0.2	0.1
Scottish Christian	2	0		1,720	0.1
Women's Equality	1	0		337	0.0	—
	Independent, Sovereign and Democratic Britain	1	0		224	0.0	—
	Something New	1	0		177	0.0	—
SDP	1	0		148	0.0	—
	Scotland's Independence Referendum Party	1	0		132	0.0	—

Total		258	59	0	2,649,695	100.0	—

Votes summary

Popular vote

SNP			36.9%
Conservative			28.6%
Labour			27.1%
Liberal Democrats			6.8%
Greens			0.2%
UKIP			0.2%
Other			0.2%

Parliament seats

SNP			59.3%
Conservative			22.0%
Labour			11.9%
Liberal Democrats			6.8%

List of Constituencies by Party

2017 UK General Election (Scottish Westminster Constituencies)
Party		Constituency
	SNP	Aberdeen North Airdrie and Shotts Argyll and Bute Central Ayrshire Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline and West Fife East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Kilmarnock and Loudoun Lanark and Hamilton East Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston Motherwell and Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire and Arran North East Fife Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South Perth and North Perthshire Ross, Skye and Lochaber West Dunbartonshire
	Conservative	Aberdeen South Angus Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Banff and Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Dumfries and Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale East Renfrewshire Gordon Moray Ochil and South Perthshire Stirling West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	Labour	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill East Lothian Edinburgh South Glasgow North East Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Midlothian Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	Liberal Democrats	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross East Dunbartonshire Edinburgh West Orkney and Shetland

Description of results

At the election the SNP remained the largest party in Scotland, taking the vast majority of seats situated around the more industrial Central Belt of the country, between Balloch, Dundee, Irvine, Kilmarnock and Livingston,^[22] where the campaign in favour of Scottish independence performed best at the 2014 independence referendum.^[23] 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.^[24] The SNP failed to win a majority of the vote in any of Scotland's 59 constituencies.^[25]

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.^[23]^[26] 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. 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,^[27] 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.^[24] 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. Two out of three seats covering the city of Aberdeen returned Conservative MP's.

Scottish Labour retained their Edinburgh South constituency with a significant majority of 15,514 votes (32.4%), making it the safest constituency in Scotland. They also regained a number previously safe Labour working class constituencies in the Central Belt of Scotland, including Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, Glasgow North East, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and Rutherglen and Hamilton West, gaining a further two seats in Lothian (East Lothian and Midlothian). The party were within 1,400 votes of gaining a further six seats from the SNP in Greater Glasgow.^[25]

The Liberal Democrats gained the suburban constituencies of East Dunbartonshire and Edinburgh West on the outskirts of Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively. The party also regained their former heartland of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, a large rural constituency covering the northernmost parts of Great Britain, with Orkney and Shetland again becoming the safest Lib Dem constituency in the UK in vote share terms, with a majority 19.6% of the vote. 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.^[28] However, the party's vote collapsed to the Conservatives in Aberdeenshire, the Borders and in parts of the Highlands.

Target seats

Scottish Conservative Party

Rank ^[29]	Constituency ^[29]	Winning party 2015		Swing Required	Conservatives' place 2015
1	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	0.3%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
2	Dumfries & Galloway style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	5.8%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
3	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	6.4%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
4	Perth and North Perthshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.0%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
5	Moray style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.2%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
6	East Renfrewshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.3%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
7	Aberdeen South style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.4%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
8	Edinburgh South style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	10.8%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
9	Stirling style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	11.3%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
10	Edinburgh South West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	11.4%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
11	East Lothian style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	11.5%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
12	North East Fife style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	12.4%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
13	Edinburgh North and Leith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	12.4%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
14	Angus style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	12.6%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
15	Ochil and South Perthshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	12.6%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
16	Edinburgh West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	13.3%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
17	East Dunbartonshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	14.4%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
18	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	14.5%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
19	Argyll and Bute style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	14.7%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
20	Banff and Buchan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	15.7%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
21	Lanark and Hamilton East style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	16.5%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
22	Central Ayrshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	17.9%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
23	Gordon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	18.0%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative

Labour Party

Rank	Constituency	Winning party 2015		Swing Required	Labour's place 2015
1	East Renfrewshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	3.3%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
2	Edinburgh North and Leith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	4.8%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
3	East Lothian style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	5.8%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
4	Paisley and Renfrewshire South style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	6.2%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
5	Aberdeen South style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	7.5%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
6	Edinburgh South West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	7.9%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
7	Dumfries and Galloway style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	8.4%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
8	Rutherglen and Hamilton West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	8.7%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
9	Ochil and South Perthshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	8.8%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
10	Paisley and Renfrewshire North style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.1%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
11	Lanark and Hamilton East style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.1%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
12	Dunfermline and West Fife style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.3%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
13	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.4%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
14	Edinburgh East style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.7%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
15	Glasgow Central style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.8%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
16	Airdrie and Shotts style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	9.9%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
17	Stirling style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	10.1%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
18	Midlothian style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	10.2%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
19	Linlithgow and Falkirk East style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	10.5%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
20	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	10.8%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
21	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	11.3%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
22	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative	11.7%	3rd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
23	Glasgow North West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	11.9%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
24	Glasgow North West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	12.2%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
25	Glasgow East style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	12.2%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
26	Glasgow North East style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	12.3%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour

Scottish Liberal Democrats

Rank	Constituency	Winning party 2015		Swing Required	Liberal Democrats' place 2015
1	East Dunbartonshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	2.0%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
2	Edinburgh West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	2.9%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
3	North East Fife style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	4.9%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
4	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	5.7%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
5	Ross, Skye and Lochaber style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	6.1%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
6	Gordon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	7.5%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative

Scottish National Party

Rank	Constituency	Winning party 2015		Swing Required	SNP's place 2015
1	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative	0.8%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative
2	Orkney and Shetland style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	1.8%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
3	Edinburgh South style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	2.7%	2nd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour

References

^ Fidler, Stephen (18 April 2017). "Brexit Set to Dominate U.K.'s Snap Election". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ "Theresa May seeks general election". BBC News. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ "Current State of the Parties". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ Results for the Gordon constituency.
^ Results for the Moray constituency.
^ Results for the Angus constituency.
^ Results for the Dunbartonshire East constituency.
^ Results for Orchil & South Perthshire constituency.
^ Johnson, Simon; Henderson, Barney. "Scotland election results: Alex Salmond defeated and SNP suffer huge losses as Tory chances boosted north of the border". Telegraph. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "General election 2017: SNP lose a third of seats amid Tory surge". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ Thomas, Natalie; Dickie, Mure. "Scottish election results strike blow to SNP plans for IndyRef2". Financial Times.
^ "SNP removes independence referendum fundraising page". BBC Scotland.
^ ^a ^b "SNP Manifesto 2015" (PDF). SNP.
^ "The Tories could win more seats in Scotland than Labour or the Lib Dems". May2015: 2015 General Election Guide.
^ A BBC News report about the election in Scotland
^ "Why have the polls not shown a shift towards Scottish independence?". YouGov. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ Aitken, Mark. "Tories tipped to oust SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson and take 11 seats in General Election". Daily Record. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^ Baxter, Martin. "Full predictions seat-by-seat (Constituency List: Scotland)". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^ "General election 2017: BBC hosts debate with six Scottish leaders - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ Scott Macnab Email (27 April 2017). "Election 2017: Scottish leaders debate on STV confirmed". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 June 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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[1] Fidler, Stephen (18 April 2017). "Brexit Set to Dominate U.K.'s Snap Election". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

[:0-2] "Theresa May seeks general election". BBC News. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[3] "Current State of the Parties". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

[4] Results for the Gordon constituency.

[5] Results for the Moray constituency.

[6] Results for the Angus constituency.

[7] Results for the Dunbartonshire East constituency.

[8] Results for Orchil & South Perthshire constituency.

[9] Johnson, Simon; Henderson, Barney. "Scotland election results: Alex Salmond defeated and SNP suffer huge losses as Tory chances boosted north of the border". Telegraph. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[10] "General election 2017: SNP lose a third of seats amid Tory surge". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[11] Thomas, Natalie; Dickie, Mure. "Scottish election results strike blow to SNP plans for IndyRef2". Financial Times.

[12] "SNP removes independence referendum fundraising page". BBC Scotland.

[SNPManifesto2015-13] "SNP Manifesto 2015" (PDF). SNP.

[14] "The Tories could win more seats in Scotland than Labour or the Lib Dems". May2015: 2015 General Election Guide.

[15] A BBC News report about the election in Scotland

[16] "Why have the polls not shown a shift towards Scottish independence?". YouGov. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[17] Aitken, Mark. "Tories tipped to oust SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson and take 11 seats in General Election". Daily Record. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[18] Baxter, Martin. "Full predictions seat-by-seat (Constituency List: Scotland)". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[19] "General election 2017: BBC hosts debate with six Scottish leaders - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[20] Scott Macnab Email (27 April 2017). "Election 2017: Scottish leaders debate on STV confirmed". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 June 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[21] "STV invites leaders to rescheduled election debate". Stv.tv. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[BBCresults-22] "Scotland Results". BBC News.

[2014referendum-23] "Scotland Votes NO". BBC.

[smallmajorities-24] Gallagher, Paul (9 June 2017). "General election 2017: The smallest majorities of the night". The Independent. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[ElectoralCalculus-25] "Constituency List: Scotland". Elecotral Calculus.

[2016referendum-26] "EU Referendum". BBC.

[27] "UK Polling Report". Retrieved 24 June 2017.

[28] "General election 2017: SNP wins Fife North East seat by just two votes". BBC. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[scotlandvotes.com-29] "Battleground Seats". scotlandvotes.com.

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