Election for the constituency of Edinburgh North and Leith on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Edinburgh North and Leith, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

SNP hold by Deidre Brock with a majority of 12,808 - 21.6% - on a turnout of 73.0%.

An electorate of 81,336, having a valid vote count of 59,344 and an invalid vote count of 105.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BROCK, Deidre SNP 25,925 43.7% 9.7%
MUNRO, Gordon Lab / Co-op 13,117 22.1% -9.1%
MCGILL, Iain Con 11,000 18.5% -8.7%
WILSON, Bruce LD 6,635 11.2% 6.6%
BURGESS, Steve Green 1,971 3.3% 0.3%
SPEIRS, Robert BRX 558 0.9% -
ASTBURY, Heather Ren 138 0.2% -

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 04:43 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.