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 2019 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

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	81.9^1	+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 Party	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	%
	Y 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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.