UK general elections › 2019 › Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South — 2019
Ian Murray (Labour Party) was elected with 23,745 votes— 47.7% of 49,732 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. 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,732
| 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 | 23,745 | 47.7% | −2.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Catriona MacDonald | Scottish National Party | 12,650 | 25.4% | — | |
| 3 | Nick Cook | Conservative Party | 8,161 | 16.4% | — | |
| 4 | Alan Beal | Liberal Democrats | 3,819 | 7.7% | — | |
| 5 | Kate Nevens | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,357 | 2.7% | — |
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.