UK general elections › 2010 › Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South — 2010
Ian Murray (Labour Party) was elected with 15,215 votes— 34.7% of 43,801 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. 34.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,801
| 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 | Ian Murray | Labour Party | 15,215 | 34.7% | −15.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Fred Mackintosh | Liberal Democrats | 14,899 | 34.0% | — | |
| 3 | Neil Hudson | Conservative Party | 9,452 | 21.6% | — | |
| 4 | Sandy Howat | Scottish National Party | 3,354 | 7.7% | — | |
| 5 | Steve Burgess | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 881 | 2.0% | — |
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.