Edinburgh South

Edinburgh South is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in Scotland. The seat was last held by Ian Murray (Labour) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
2,637
Electorate
65,801
Turnout
74.9%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Ian Murray
Labour
19,293 39.1% 4.4%
Neil Hay
Scottish National Party
16,656 33.8% 26.1%
Miles Briggs
Conservative
8,626 17.5% -4.1%
Phyl Meyer
Scottish Green Party
2,090 4.2% 2.2%
Pramod Subbaraman
Liberal Democrat
1,823 3.7% -30.3%
Paul Marshall
UK Independence Party
601 1.2% 1.2%
Colin Fox
Scottish Socialist Party
197 0.4% 0.4%