An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Edinburgh South, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Ian Murray with a majority of 15,514 - 32.4% - on a turnout of 74.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MURRAY, Ian | Lab | 26,269 | 54.9% | 15.8% |
EADIE, Jim | SNP | 10,755 | 22.5% | -11.3% |
SMITH, Stephanie | Con | 9,428 | 19.7% | 2.2% |
BEAL, Alan | LD | 1,388 | 2.9% | -0.8% |
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 64,553, having a valid vote count of 47,840 and an invalid vote count of 73.
Result declared at 04:10 on 9 June 2017.