UK general elections › 2017 › Edinburgh East
Edinburgh East — 2017
Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party) was elected with 18,509 votes— 42.5% of 43,523 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. 42.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,523
| 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 | 18,509 | 42.5% | −7.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Patsy King | Labour Party | 15,084 | 34.7% | — | |
| 3 | Katie Mackie | Conservative Party | 8,081 | 18.6% | — | |
| 4 | Tristan Gray | Liberal Democrats | 1,849 | 4.2% | — |
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.