UK general elections › 2010 › Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh North and Leith — 2010
Mark Lazarowicz (Labour Party) was elected with 17,740 votes— 37.5% 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
| 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 | Mark Lazarowicz | Labour Party | 17,740 | −12.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Kevin Lang | Liberal Democrats | 16,016 | — | ||
| 3 | Iain McGill | Conservative Party | 7,079 | — | ||
| 4 | Calum Cashley | Scottish National Party | 4,568 | — | ||
| 5 | Kate Joester | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,062 | — | ||
| 6 | John Hein | Liberal | 389 | — | ||
| 7 | Willie Black | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 233 | — | ||
| 8 | David Jacobsen | Socialist Labour Party | 141 | — | ||
| 9 | Cameron MacIntyre | Independent | 128 | — |
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.