UK general elections › 2019 › Edinburgh East
Edinburgh East — 2019
Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,165 votes— 48.4% of 47,815 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. 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,815
| 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 | 23,165 | 48.4% | −1.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sheila Gilmore | Labour Party | 12,748 | 26.7% | — | |
| 3 | Eleanor Price | Conservative Party | 6,549 | 13.7% | — | |
| 4 | Jill Reilly | Liberal Democrats | 3,289 | 6.9% | — | |
| 5 | Claire Miller | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 2,064 | 4.3% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.