An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Edinburgh North and Leith, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour Co-operative by Deidre Brock with a majority of 5,597 - 9.6% - on a turnout of 71.7%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
BROCK, Deidre | SNP | 23,742 | 40.9% | 31.3% |
LAZAROWICZ, Mark | Lab / Co-op | 18,145 | 31.3% | -6.2% |
MCGILL, Iain | Con | 9,378 | 16.2% | 1.2% |
BEATTIE-SMITH, Sarah | Green | 3,140 | 5.4% | 3.2% |
VEART, Martin | LD | 2,634 | 4.5% | -29.3% |
MELVILLE, Alan | UKIP | 847 | 1.5% | - |
WHITEHEAD, Bruce | LU | 122 | 0.2% | - |
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 80,910, having a valid vote count of 58,008 and an invalid vote count of 76.
Result declared at 04:36 on 8 May 2015.