An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Edinburgh South West, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
SNP hold by Joanna Cherry with a majority of 1,097 - 2.2% - on a turnout of 69.4%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
CHERRY, Joanna | SNP | 17,575 | 35.6% | -7.4% |
BRIGGS, Miles | Con | 16,478 | 33.4% | 13.1% |
CHOUDHURY, Foysol | Lab | 13,213 | 26.8% | -0.4% |
MIR, Aisha | LD | 2,124 | 4.3% | 0.6% |
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 71,178, having a valid vote count of 49,390 and an invalid vote count of 74.
Result declared at 04:18 on 9 June 2017.