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The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of Edinburgh South on 6 May 2010.

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Edinburgh South, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Labour hold by Ian Murray with a majority of 316 - 0.7% - on a turnout of 73.8%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MURRAY, Ian Lab 15,215 34.7% 1.5%
MACKINTOSH, Fred LD 14,899 34.0% 1.7%
HUDSON, Neil Con 9,452 21.6% -2.5%
HOWAT, Sandy SNP 3,354 7.7% 1.5%
BURGESS, Steve Green 881 2.0% -1.2%

An electorate of 59,362, having a valid vote count of 43,801 and an invalid vote count of 78.

Result declared at 04:53 on 7 May 2010. 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.