UK general elections › 2017 › Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South — 2017
Ian Murray (Labour Party) was elected with 26,269 votes— 54.9% of 47,840 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,840
| 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 | Ian Murray | Labour Party | 26,269 | 54.9% | +4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jim Eadie | Scottish National Party | 10,755 | 22.5% | — | |
| 3 | Stephanie Smith | Conservative Party | 9,428 | 19.7% | — | |
| 4 | Alan Beal | Liberal Democrats | 1,388 | 2.9% | — |
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.