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2015 general election results

Edinburgh South

Shows the general election results for Edinburgh South, which is a constituency in City of Edinburgh. In 2015 it had a total electorate of 65,801 and a turnout of 74.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Ian Murray
Majority
2,637
Electorate
65,801
Turnout
74.9%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2015
Lab 39.1%
SNP 33.8%
Con 17.5%
Green 4.2%
LD 3.7%
UKIP 1.2%
SSP 0.4%

Party results and changes 2010 - 2015

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Ian Murray  Lab 19,293 39.1 4.4
Neil Hay  SNP 16,656 33.8 26.1
Miles Briggs  Con 8,626 17.5 -4.1
Phyl Meyer * Green 2,090 4.2 2.2
Pramod Subbaraman * LD 1,823 3.7 -30.3
Paul Marshall * UKIP 601 1.2 1.2
Colin Fox * SSP 197 0.4 0.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2015

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab SNP Con Green LD UKIP SSP
2005 33.2% 6.2% 24.1% 3.2% 32.3% 0.0% 1.0%
2010 34.7% 7.7% 21.6% 2.0% 34.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 39.1% 33.8% 17.5% 4.2% 3.7% 1.2% 0.4%

Highest and lowest 2015

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 72.3%
589 Edinburgh South 5.4%
650 Gower 0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 50.0%
1 Liverpool, Walton 81.3%
614 Edinburgh South 39.1%
650 Belfast South 24.5%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 66.2%
1 East Dunbartonshire 81.9%
23 Edinburgh South 74.9%
650 Stoke-on-Trent Central 51.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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