Electoral history of Jo Swinson

This is a summary of the electoral history of Jo Swinson, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 22 July to 13 December 2019, and a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament from 2005 to 2019, when she lost her seat as MP for East Dunbartonshire in the 2019 General Election and, due to party rules, stepped down from her position as Leader of the Liberal Democrats.

UK Parliament elections

2005 general election
General election 2005: East Dunbartonshire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 19,533 41.8 +14.7
Labour John Lyons 15,472 33.1 −0.2
Conservative David Jack 7,708 16.5 −6.0
SNP Chris Sagan 2,716 5.8 −8.9
Scottish Green Stuart Callison 876 1.9 +1.9
Scottish Socialist Pamela Page 419 0.9 −1.5
Majority 4,061 8.7
Turnout 46,724 73.1 +10.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +7.4

2010 general election
General election 2010: East Dunbartonshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 18,551 38.7 −3.1
Labour Mary Galbraith 16,367 34.1 +1.0
Conservative Mark Nolan 7,431 15.5 −1.0
SNP Iain White 5,054 10.5 +4.7
UKIP James Beeley 545 1.1 +1.1
Majority 2,184 4.6
Turnout 47,948 75.2 +2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −2.1

2015 general election
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § East Dunbartonshire
General election 2015: East Dunbartonshire[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP John Nicolson 22,093 40.3 +29.8
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 19,926 36.3 -2.4
Labour Amanjit Jhund 6,754 12.3 −21.8
Conservative Andrew Polson 4,727 8.6 −6.9
Scottish Green Ross Greer 804 1.5 N/A
UKIP Wilfred Arasaratnam 567 1.0 −0.1
Majority 2,167 4.0 N/A
Turnout 54,871 81.91 +6.7
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +16.0

2017 general election

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General election 2017: East Dunbartonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 21,023 40.6 +4.3
SNP John Nicolson 15,684 30.3 -10.0
Conservative Sheila Mechan 7,563 14.6 +6.0
Labour Callum McNally 7,531 14.5 +2.2
Majority 5,339 10.3 N/A
Turnout 51,801 78.8 -3.1
Liberal Democrats gain from SNP Swing +7.2

2019 general election
2019 general election: East Dunbartonshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Amy Callaghan 19,672 37.1 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 19,523 36.8 –3.8
Conservative Pam Gosal 7,455 14.1 –0.5
Labour Callum McNally 4,839 9.1 –5.4
Scottish Green Carolynn Scrimgeour 916 1.7 N/A
Independent Rosie Dickson 221 0.4 N/A
UKIP David Murdo MacKay 208 0.4 N/A
Scottish Family Liam McKechnie 197 0.4 N/A
Majority 149 0.3 N/A
Turnout 53,031 80.3 +1.5
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +6.8

Party elections

2017 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election

Following the close of nominations, only Swinson was officially nominated, and was elected unopposed.[7][8]

2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election
Candidate Votes  %
Green tickY Jo Swinson 47,997
62.8
Ed Davey 28,021
36.7
Spoilt ballots 411
0.5
Total 76,429 Turnout 72.1

The electorate numbered 106,075, meaning that 76,429 Liberal Democrat members cast a vote, and 29,646 did not.

References
  1. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. "East Dunbartonshire Council - UK Parliamentary Election - 7 May 2015 - Results". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. "SNP to meet over election candidate selection". 22 April 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "UK Parliamentary General Election 2019". East Dunbartonshire Council. East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. Lindsay, Carol (20 June 2017). "Jo Swinson confirmed as Lib Dem Deputy Leader". Liberal Democrat Voice. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  8. "Jo Swinson is new Lib Dem Deputy Leader". Liberal Democrats. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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