How Scotland’s 32 council areas voted in the 2014 referendum

The national result sums the local vote counts

The Electoral Commission counted 2,001,926 No votes and 1,617,989 Yes votes. The national result aggregates individual votes. Each local counting area contributes its own number of valid votes to the national result. Source 1

Four areas recorded a Yes majority

Dundee, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire had more Yes than No votes. Inverclyde’s count was particularly close, with 27,329 No votes and 27,243 Yes votes, a difference of 86. Source 1

Turnout and vote share use different denominators

The commission gives Scotland-wide turnout as 84.6% of the electorate. The Yes and No percentages in the table divide each count by the sum of valid Yes and No votes in that area. Source 1

Keep rejected ballots separate from valid votes

The Electoral Commission records 3,429 rejected ballots across Scotland. Adding those to 3,619,915 valid votes gives 3,623,344 ballots cast. The same relationship holds for each council’s count. Source 1

Sources

• Electoral Commission Scottish independence referendum report, Appendix 4