An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Edinburgh East, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
SNP hold by Tommy Sheppard with a majority of 3,425 - 7.9% - on a turnout of 66.0%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SHEPPARD, Tommy | SNP | 18,509 | 42.5% | -6.7% |
KING, Patsy | Lab | 15,084 | 34.7% | 4.8% |
MACKIE, Katie | Con | 8,081 | 18.6% | 8.6% |
GRAY, Tristan | LD | 1,849 | 4.2% | 1.4% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 65,896, having a valid vote count of 43,523 and an invalid vote count of 100.
Result declared at 03:13 on 9 June 2017.