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Election for the constituency of Edinburgh East on 8 June 2017

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.