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Edinburgh South
Every general election in Edinburgh South since 1918. Latest: Ian Murray, Labour, majority 17,251.
2024 general election
Lab hold Turnout 66.1% of 70,838 electors. Full result →
East Renfrewshire: Lab Na h-Eileanan an Iar: Lab Midlothian: Lab North Ayrshire and Arran: Lab Orkney and Shetland: LD Aberdeen North: SNP Aberdeen South: SNP Aberdeenshire North and Moray East: SNP Airdrie and Shotts: Lab Alloa and Grangemouth: Lab Angus and Perthshire Glens: SNP Arbroath and Broughty Ferry: SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber: SNP Bathgate and Linlithgow: Lab Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross: LD Coatbridge and Bellshill: Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy: Lab Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch: Lab Dumfries and Galloway: Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale: Con Dundee Central: SNP Dunfermline and Dollar: Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven: Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh: Lab Edinburgh North and Leith: Lab Edinburgh South: Lab Edinburgh South West: Lab Edinburgh West: LD Falkirk: Lab Glasgow East: Lab Glasgow North: Lab Glasgow North East: Lab Glasgow South: Lab Glasgow South West: Lab Glasgow West: Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife: Lab Gordon and Buchan: Con Hamilton and Clyde Valley: Lab Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West: Lab Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire: LD Livingston: Lab Lothian East: Lab Mid Dunbartonshire: LD Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey: SNP Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke: Lab North East Fife: LD Paisley and Renfrewshire North: Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire South: Lab Perth and Kinross-shire: SNP Rutherglen: Lab Stirling and Strathallan: Lab West Dunbartonshire: Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock: Lab Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk: Con Central Ayrshire: Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun: Lab West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: Con Outlined: Edinburgh South. Neighbouring seats coloured by their 2024 winner. Winning party, 29 general elections
MPs since 2010
Notional 2019 result on today’s boundaries: Labour, majority 20.4%.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1918 1924 1935 1951 1964 F1974 1983 1997 2010 2019 2024 Conservative, 1918: 75.0% Conservative, 1922: 66.7% Conservative, 1923: 55.7% Conservative, 1924: 64.4% Conservative, 1929: 56.7% Conservative, 1935: 83.6% Conservative, 1945: 70.8% Conservative, 1950: 65.0% Conservative, 1951: 72.6% Conservative, 1955: 67.5% Conservative, 1959: 57.6% Conservative, 1964: 53.2% Conservative, 1966: 53.2% Conservative, 1970: 48.1% Conservative, February 1974: 41.7% Conservative, October 1974: 35.9% Conservative, 1979: 39.7% Conservative, 1983: 36.8% Conservative, 1987: 33.8% Conservative, 1992: 32.1% Conservative, 1997: 21.3% Conservative, 2001: 16.6% Conservative, 2005: 24.1% Conservative, 2010: 21.6% Conservative, 2015: 17.5% Conservative, 2017: 19.7% Conservative, 2019: 16.4% Conservative, 2024: 8.5% Labour, 1929: 14.7% Labour, 1935: 16.5% Labour, 1945: 29.2% Labour, 1950: 24.6% Labour, 1951: 27.4% Labour, 1955: 32.5% Labour, 1959: 28.5% Labour, 1964: 33.7% Labour, 1966: 39.5% Labour, 1970: 36.5% Labour, February 1974: 27.5% Labour, October 1974: 28.2% Labour, 1979: 34.3% Labour, 1983: 28.6% Labour, 1987: 37.7% Labour, 1992: 41.5% Labour, 1997: 46.8% Labour, 2001: 42.2% Labour, 2005: 33.2% Labour, 2010: 34.7% Labour, 2015: 39.1% Labour, 2017: 54.9% Labour, 2019: 47.8% Labour, 2024: 53.3% Liberal, 1918: 25.0% Liberal, 1922: 33.3% Liberal, 1923: 44.3% Liberal, 1924: 35.6% Liberal, 1929: 28.6% Liberal, 1950: 10.4% Liberal, 1959: 13.9% Liberal, 1964: 13.1% Liberal, 1970: 8.4% Liberal, February 1974: 17.9% Liberal, October 1974: 14.2% Liberal, 1979: 16.4% Scottish National Party, 1966: 7.3% Scottish National Party, 1970: 6.9% Scottish National Party, February 1974: 12.8% Scottish National Party, October 1974: 21.7% Scottish National Party, 1979: 8.4% Scottish National Party, 1983: 5.0% Scottish National Party, 1987: 5.1% Scottish National Party, 1992: 12.8% Scottish National Party, 1997: 12.9% Scottish National Party, 2001: 9.9% Scottish National Party, 2005: 6.2% Scottish National Party, 2010: 7.7% Scottish National Party, 2015: 33.8% Scottish National Party, 2017: 22.5% Scottish National Party, 2019: 25.4% Scottish National Party, 2024: 16.5% Liberal Democrats, 1992: 13.4% Liberal Democrats, 1997: 17.6% Liberal Democrats, 2001: 27.4% Liberal Democrats, 2005: 32.3% Liberal Democrats, 2010: 34.0% Liberal Democrats, 2015: 3.7% Liberal Democrats, 2017: 2.9% Liberal Democrats, 2019: 7.7% Liberal Democrats, 2024: 5.9% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 28.6% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 22.5% Vote share in Edinburgh South at each general election Boundary changes in 2024 Where the voters of today’s Edinburgh South lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:
Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.
Election Winner Runner-up Majority % Turnout Result
2024 Ian Murray SNP 17,251 36.8 66.1% Lab hold 2019 Ian Murray SNP 11,095 22.3 75.1% Lab hold 2017 Ian Murray SNP 15,514 32.4 74.1% Lab hold 2015 Ian Murray SNP 2,637 5.4 74.9% Lab hold 2010 Ian Murray LD 316 0.7 73.8% Lab hold 2005 LD 405 1.0 69.3% 2001 LD 5,499 14.8 57.7% Lab hold 1997 Con 11,452 25.5 71.8% 1992 Con 4,176 9.4 72.7% Lab hold 1987 Con 1,859 3.8 75.7% Lab gain from Con 1983 Alliance 3,655 8.2 71.2% 1979 Lab 2,460 5.4 77.3% Con hold October 1974 Lab 3,226 7.7 74.2% Con hold February 1974 Lab 6,381 14.2 80.8% 1970 Lab 4,780 11.6 74.1% Con hold 1966 Lab 5,333 13.6 77.6% Con hold 1964 Lab 7,820 19.5 80.3% Con hold 1959 Lab 11,514 29.1 81.2% Con hold 1955 Lab 12,887 35.0 77.2% 1951 Lab 16,515 45.2 81.4% Con hold 1950 Lab 14,356 40.4 82.1% 1945 Lab 13,885 41.6 66.4% 1935 Lab 21,889 67.1 67.6% Con hold 1931 — unopposed — — Con hold 1929 Lib 9,692 28.1 75.2% Con hold 1924 Lib 7,077 28.7 73.6% Con hold 1923 Lib 2,610 11.4 70.2% Con hold 1922 Lib 7,435 33.4 69.2% Con hold 1918 Lib 9,908 49.9 61.8%
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 South? Ian Murray (Labour) won Edinburgh South at the 2024 general election with a majority of 17,251.
Which parties have won Edinburgh South? At the 29 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 19, Labour 10.
Which region is Edinburgh South in? Edinburgh South is in Scotland.
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