UK general elections › 2015 › Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh North and Leith — 2015
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,742 votes— 40.9% 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
| 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 | Deidre Brock | Scottish National Party | 23,742 | 40.9% | −9.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Lazarowicz | Labour Party | 18,145 | 31.3% | — | |
| 3 | Iain McGill | Conservative Party | 9,378 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Sarah Beattie-Smith | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 3,140 | 5.4% | — | |
| 5 | Martin Veart | Liberal Democrats | 2,634 | 4.5% | — | |
| 6 | Alan Melville | UK Independence Party | 847 | 1.5% | — | |
| 7 | Bruce Whitehead | Left Unity | 122 | 0.2% | — |
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.