UK general elections › 2015 › Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh South West — 2015
Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party) was elected with 22,168 votes— 43.0% of 51,602 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. 43.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,602
| 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 | Joanna Cherry | Scottish National Party | 22,168 | 43.0% | −7.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ricky Henderson | Labour Party | 14,033 | 27.2% | — | |
| 3 | Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative Party | 10,444 | 20.2% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Doherty | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,965 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | Dan Farthing-Sykes | Liberal Democrats | 1,920 | 3.7% | — | |
| 6 | Richard Lucas | UK Independence Party | 1,072 | 2.1% | — |
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.