UK general elections2010 › Edinburgh North and Leith

Edinburgh North and Leith — 2010

Mark Lazarowicz (Labour Party) was elected with 17,740 votes37.5% of 47,356 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. 37.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,356

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Mark Lazarowicz Labour Party 17,74037.5%−12.5 ptsElected
2Kevin Lang Liberal Democrats 16,01633.8%
3Iain McGill Conservative Party 7,07914.9%
4Calum Cashley Scottish National Party 4,5689.6%
5Kate Joester Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,0622.2%
6John Hein Liberal 3890.8%
7Willie Black Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2330.5%
8David Jacobsen Socialist Labour Party 1410.3%
9Cameron MacIntyre Independent 1280.3%

Electorate 69,207 · Turnout 68.4% · Majority 1,724 · Back to 2010 overview

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.