Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is a constituency in Scotland. The seat has been held by Chris Murray (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Gain
Majority
3,715
Electorate
76,188
Turnout
59.8%

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

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

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
Chris Murray
Labour
18,790 41.2% 14.8%
Tommy Sheppard
Scottish National Party
15,075 33.1% -15.9%
Amanda Grimm
Scottish Green Party
4,669 10.2% 6.6%
Marie-Clair Munro
Conservative
2,598 5.7% -8.4%
Derek Winton
Reform UK
2,129 4.7% 4.7%
Charles Dundas
Liberal Democrat
1,949 4.3% -2.7%
Jane Gould
Independent
365 0.8% 0.8%