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.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 4 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
15,514
Electorate
64,553
Turnout
74.1%

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
26,269 54.9% 15.8%
Jim Eadie
Scottish National Party
10,755 22.5% -11.3%
Stephanie Smith
Conservative
9,428 19.7% 2.2%
Alan Beal
Liberal Democrat
1,388 2.9% -0.8%