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Edinburgh East

Every general election in Edinburgh East since 1918 (until 2019). Latest: Tommy Sheppard, Scottish National Party, majority 10,417.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Tommy Sheppard Elected sitting MPScottish National Party23,16548.5%
Sheila GilmoreLabour12,74826.7%
Eleanor PriceConservative6,54913.7%
Jill ReillyLiberal Democrats3,2896.9%
Claire MillerGreen
Scottish Green Party		2,0644.3%
Valid votes47,815
Majority10,41721.8%

SNP hold Turnout 68.9% of 69,424 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181924193519511964F19741983200520172019Labour, 1924: 44.3%Labour, 1929: 47.2%Labour, 1931: 33.6%Labour, 1935: 43.2%Labour, 1945: 56.4%Labour, 1950: 53.2%Labour, 1951: 54.1%Labour, 1955: 52.5%Labour, 1959: 50.4%Labour, 1964: 56.2%Labour, 1966: 60.5%Labour, 1970: 51.9%Labour, February 1974: 43.7%Labour, October 1974: 44.9%Labour, 1979: 53.7%Labour, 1983: 44.9%Labour, 1987: 50.4%Labour, 1992: 45.8%Labour, 2005: 40.0%Labour, 2010: 43.4%Labour, 2015: 29.9%Labour, 2017: 34.7%Labour, 2019: 26.7%Conservative, 1923: 31.7%Conservative, 1924: 29.0%Conservative, 1929: 23.4%Conservative, 1935: 39.6%Conservative, 1945: 37.3%Conservative, 1950: 38.8%Conservative, 1951: 45.9%Conservative, 1955: 47.5%Conservative, 1959: 49.7%Conservative, 1964: 43.9%Conservative, 1966: 39.5%Conservative, 1970: 39.0%Conservative, February 1974: 31.7%Conservative, October 1974: 23.1%Conservative, 1979: 33.5%Conservative, 1983: 28.6%Conservative, 1987: 24.7%Conservative, 1992: 24.4%Conservative, 2005: 10.3%Conservative, 2010: 10.9%Conservative, 2015: 9.9%Conservative, 2017: 18.6%Conservative, 2019: 13.7%Liberal, 1918: 62.2%Liberal, 1922: 59.8%Liberal, 1923: 68.3%Liberal, 1924: 26.7%Liberal, 1929: 29.4%Liberal, 1931: 57.0%Liberal, 1935: 17.2%Liberal, 1950: 8.0%Liberal, February 1974: 8.7%Liberal, October 1974: 5.9%Scottish National Party, 1970: 8.2%Scottish National Party, February 1974: 15.4%Scottish National Party, October 1974: 25.6%Scottish National Party, 1979: 12.1%Scottish National Party, 1983: 5.5%Scottish National Party, 1987: 9.5%Scottish National Party, 1992: 18.4%Scottish National Party, 2005: 17.0%Scottish National Party, 2010: 20.4%Scottish National Party, 2015: 49.2%Scottish National Party, 2017: 42.5%Scottish National Party, 2019: 48.5%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 10.2%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 24.4%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 19.4%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 2.8%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 4.3%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 6.9%National Liberal, 1922: 40.2%Coalition Labour, 1918: 37.8%
Vote share in Edinburgh East at each general election Lab Con Lib SNP LD Nat Lib Co Lab

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Edinburgh East (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019SNP Tommy SheppardLab10,41721.868.9%SNP hold
2017SNP Tommy SheppardLab3,4257.966.0%SNP hold
2015SNP Tommy SheppardLab9,10619.370.1%SNP gain from Lab
2010Lab Sheila GilmoreSNP9,18123.065.4%Lab hold
2005LabLD6,20215.661.1%
1992LabCon7,21121.473.9%Lab hold
1987LabCon9,29525.674.1%Lab hold
1983LabCon5,86616.369.8%
1979LabCon8,81720.276.1%Lab hold
October 1974LabSNP8,45619.376.2%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon5,54912.081.1%
1970LabCon5,51412.974.5%Lab hold
1966LabCon8,80921.077.4%Lab hold
1964LabCon5,43212.381.0%Lab hold
1959LabCon3120.780.7%Lab hold
1955LabCon2,0425.175.4%
1951LabCon3,8018.283.8%Lab hold
1950LabCon6,54114.583.2%
1945LabCon6,52919.169.4%
1935LabCon1,1123.668.6%Lab gain from Lib
1931LibLab7,12823.476.8%Lib gain from Lab
1929LabLib5,24617.876.5%Lab hold
1924LabCon3,22515.376.7%Lab gain from Lib
1923LibCon5,83136.658.5%Lib hold
1922LibNat Lib3,46319.666.0%Lib hold
1918LibCo Lab3,32424.552.5%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Edinburgh East?

Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party) won Edinburgh East at the 2019 general election with a majority of 10,417.

Which parties have won Edinburgh East?

At the 26 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 19, Liberal 4, Scottish National Party 3.

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