UK general elections › 2019 › Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh South West — 2019
Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party) was elected with 24,830 votes— 47.6% 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
| 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 | Joanna Cherry | Scottish National Party | 24,830 | 47.6% | −2.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Callum Laidlaw | Conservative Party | 12,848 | 24.6% | — | |
| 3 | Sophie Cooke | Labour Party | 7,478 | 14.3% | — | |
| 4 | Tom Inglis | Liberal Democrats | 4,971 | 9.5% | — | |
| 5 | Ben Parker | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,265 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | David Ballantine | The Brexit Party | 625 | 1.2% | — | |
| 7 | Mev Brown | Social Democratic Party | 114 | 0.2% | — |
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.