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Edinburgh North and Leith — 2015

Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,742 votes40.9% of 58,008 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. 40.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,008

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
1Deidre Brock Scottish National Party 23,74240.9%−9.1 ptsElected
2Mark Lazarowicz Labour Party 18,14531.3%
3Iain McGill Conservative Party 9,37816.2%
4Sarah Beattie-Smith Green Party (Scottish Green Party)3,1405.4%
5Martin Veart Liberal Democrats 2,6344.5%
6Alan Melville UK Independence Party 8471.5%
7Bruce Whitehead Left Unity 1220.2%

Electorate 80,910 · Turnout 71.7% · Majority 5,597 · Back to 2015 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.