UK general elections › 2015 › Edinburgh East
Edinburgh East — 2015
Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,188 votes— 49.2% of 47,089 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. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,089
| 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 | Tommy Sheppard | Scottish National Party | 23,188 | −0.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Sheila Gilmore | Labour Party | 14,082 | — | ||
| 3 | James McMordie | Conservative Party | 4,670 | — | ||
| 4 | Peter McColl | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 2,809 | — | ||
| 5 | Karen Utting | Liberal Democrats | 1,325 | — | ||
| 6 | Oliver Corbishley | UK Independence Party | 898 | — | ||
| 7 | Ayesha Saleem | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 117 | — |
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.