UK general elections › 2017 › Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh North and Leith — 2017
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party) was elected with 19,243 votes— 34.0% of 56,552 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. 34.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −16.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,552
| 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 | 19,243 | 34.0% | −16.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gordon Munro | Labour Party | 17,618 | 31.2% | — | |
| 3 | Iain McGill | Conservative Party | 15,385 | 27.2% | — | |
| 4 | Martin Veart | Liberal Democrats | 2,579 | 4.6% | — | |
| 5 | Lorna Slater | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,727 | 3.1% | — |
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.