UK general elections › 2017 › Edinburgh West
Edinburgh West — 2017
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 18,108 votes— 34.3% of 52,795 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. 34.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,795
| 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 | Christine Jardine | Liberal Democrats | 18,108 | 34.3% | −15.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Toni Giugliano | Scottish National Party | 15,120 | 28.6% | — | |
| 3 | Sandy Batho | Conservative Party | 11,559 | 21.9% | — | |
| 4 | Mandy Telford | Labour Party | 7,876 | 14.9% | — | |
| 5 | Mark Whittet | Scotland's Independence Referendum Party | 132 | 0.3% | — |
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.