Mr Douglas Alexander

The Rt Hon Mr Douglas Alexander is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Lothian East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade).

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Lothian East when Mr Douglas Alexander was elected.

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
13,265
Electorate
75,456
Turnout
63.7%

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. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

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
Douglas Alexander
Labour
23,555 49.0% 18.5%
Lyn Jardine
Scottish National Party
10,290 21.4% -13.4%
Scott Hamilton
Conservative
5,535 11.5% -16.0%
Robert Davies
Reform UK
3,039 6.3% 6.3%
Duncan Dunlop
Liberal Democrat
2,649 5.5% -0.8%
Shona McIntosh
Scottish Green Party
2,477 5.1% 5.1%
George Kerevan
Alba Party
557 1.2% 1.2%