UK general elections › 2010 › Edinburgh East
Edinburgh East — 2010
Sheila Gilmore (Labour Party) was elected with 17,314 votes— 43.4% of 39,865 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 43.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,865
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheila Gilmore | Labour Party | 17,314 | −6.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | George Kerevan | Scottish National Party | 8,133 | — | ||
| 3 | Beverley Hope | Liberal Democrats | 7,751 | — | ||
| 4 | Martin Donald | Conservative Party | 4,358 | — | ||
| 5 | Robin Harper | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 2,035 | — | ||
| 6 | Gary Clark | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 274 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.