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Edinburgh North and Leith

Every general election in Edinburgh North and Leith since 1997. Latest: Tracy Gilbert, Labour, majority 7,268.

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Member of Parliament

Tracy Gilbert

Labour · elected 4 July 2024 · majority 7,268

2024 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Tracy Gilbert ElectedLabour20,80542.1%
Deidre Brock sitting MPScottish National Party13,53727.4%
Kayleigh O'NeillGreen
Scottish Green Party		5,41711.0%
Mike AndersenLiberal Democrats3,8797.8%
Joanna MowatConservative3,2546.6%
Alan MelvilleReform UK1,8183.7%
David JacobsenSocialist Labour Party2270.5%
Niel DeepnarainScottish Family Party2100.4%
Richard ShillcockCommunist Party of Britain1890.4%
Caroline WaterlooIndependent1390.3%
Valid votes49,475
Majority7,26814.7%

Lab gain from SNP Turnout 63.1% of 78,411 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19972001200520102015201720192024Labour, 1997: 46.9%Labour, 2001: 46.0%Labour, 2005: 34.2%Labour, 2010: 37.5%Labour, 2015: 31.3%Labour, 2017: 31.2%Labour, 2019: 22.1%Labour, 2024: 42.1%Scottish National Party, 1997: 20.1%Scottish National Party, 2001: 15.9%Scottish National Party, 2005: 10.2%Scottish National Party, 2010: 9.7%Scottish National Party, 2015: 40.9%Scottish National Party, 2017: 34.0%Scottish National Party, 2019: 43.7%Scottish National Party, 2024: 27.4%Conservative, 1997: 17.9%Conservative, 2001: 13.9%Conservative, 2005: 18.7%Conservative, 2010: 15.0%Conservative, 2015: 16.2%Conservative, 2017: 27.2%Conservative, 2019: 18.5%Conservative, 2024: 6.6%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 13.0%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 19.4%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 29.2%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 33.8%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 4.5%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 4.6%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 11.2%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 7.8%Green, 2010: 2.2%Green, 2015: 5.4%Green, 2017: 3.1%Green, 2019: 3.3%Green, 2024: 11.0%
Vote share in Edinburgh North and Leith at each general election Lab SNP Con LD Grn

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of today’s Edinburgh North and Leith lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:

Where the voters of the old Edinburgh North and Leith (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
2024Lab Tracy GilbertSNP7,26814.763.1%Lab gain from SNP
2019SNP Deidre BrockLab12,80821.673.0%SNP hold
2017SNP Deidre BrockLab1,6252.971.2%SNP hold
2015SNP Deidre BrockLab5,5979.771.7%SNP gain from Lab
2010Lab Mark LazarowiczLD1,7243.668.4%Lab hold
2005LabLD2,1535.162.9%
2001LabLD8,81726.553.0%Lab hold
1997LabSNP10,97826.866.5%

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 is the MP for Edinburgh North and Leith?

Tracy Gilbert (Labour) won Edinburgh North and Leith at the 2024 general election with a majority of 7,268.

Which parties have won Edinburgh North and Leith?

At the 8 general elections held under this name since 1997: Labour 5, Scottish National Party 3.

Which region is Edinburgh North and Leith in?

Edinburgh North and Leith is in Scotland.

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