Edinburgh West (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

Liberal Democrat Gain

Christine Jardine

Majority

2,988

Electorate

71,500

Turnout

73.8%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name	Share of the vote: 2017
LD	34.3%
SNP	28.6%
Con	21.9%
Lab	14.9%
Scotland's Independence Referendum Party	0.3%

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Christine Jardine	LD	18,108	34.3	1.2
Toni Giugliano	SNP	15,120	28.6	-10.3
Sandy Batho	Con	11,559	21.9	9.6
Mandy Telford	Lab	7,876	14.9	3.2
Mark Whittet *	Scotland's Independence Referendum Party	132	0.3	0.3

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	LD	SNP	Con	Lab	Scotland's Independence Referendum Party	Green	UKIP	SSP
2005	49.5%	9.1%	19.5%	18.6%	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	1.1%
2010	35.9%	13.2%	23.2%	27.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	33.1%	39.0%	12.3%	11.7%	0.0%	2.1%	1.9%	0.0%
2017	34.3%	28.6%	21.9%	14.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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

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

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.