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.

2019 General Election

The 2019 General Election was held on 12 December 2019. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
11,095
Electorate
66,188
Turnout
75.1%

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
23,745 47.7% -7.2%
Catriona MacDonald
Scottish National Party
12,650 25.4% 3.0%
Nick Cook
Conservative
8,161 16.4% -3.3%
Alan Beal
Liberal Democrat
3,819 7.7% 4.8%
Kate Nevens
Scottish Green Party
1,357 2.7% 2.7%