An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Edinburgh East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Tommy Sheppard with a majority of 9,106 - 19.3% - on a turnout of 70.1%.
Candidates
| Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
| SHEPPARD, Tommy | SNP | 23,188 | 49.2% | 28.8% |
| GILMORE, Sheila | Lab | 14,082 | 29.9% | -13.5% |
| MCMORDIE, James | Con | 4,670 | 9.9% | -1.0% |
| MCCOLL, Peter | Green | 2,809 | 6.0% | 0.9% |
| UTTING, Karen | LD | 1,325 | 2.8% | -16.6% |
| CORBISHLEY, Oliver | UKIP | 898 | 1.9% | - |
| SALEEM, Ayesha | TUSC | 117 | 0.2% | -0.4% |
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 67,141, having a valid vote count of 47,089 and an invalid vote count of 69.
Result declared at 04:46 on 8 May 2015.