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Edinburgh South West — 2019

Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party) was elected with 24,830 votes47.6% of 52,131 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. 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,131

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Joanna Cherry Scottish National Party 24,83047.6%−2.4 ptsElected
2Callum Laidlaw Conservative Party 12,84824.6%
3Sophie Cooke Labour Party 7,47814.3%
4Tom Inglis Liberal Democrats 4,9719.5%
5Ben Parker Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,2652.4%
6David Ballantine The Brexit Party 6251.2%
7Mev Brown Social Democratic Party 1140.2%

Electorate 73,501 · Turnout 70.9% · Majority 11,982 · Back to 2019 overview

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.