Edinburgh West

Edinburgh West is a constituency in Scotland. The seat has been held by Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 9 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LD
Liberal Democrat Hold
Majority
16,470
Electorate
76,490
Turnout
68.6%

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
Christine Jardine
Liberal Democrat
26,645 50.8% 12.5%
Euan Hyslop
Scottish National Party
10,175 19.4% -13.6%
Michael Davidson
Labour
7,854 15.0% 6.3%
Alastair Shields
Conservative
2,897 5.5% -12.5%
Otto Inglis
Reform UK
2,209 4.2% 4.1%
James Puchowski
Scottish Green Party
2,100 4.0% 2.0%
David Henry
Independent
363 0.7% 0.7%
Nick Hornig
Independent
143 0.3% 0.3%
Tam Laird
Scottish Libertarian Party
85 0.2% 0.2%