UK general elections › 2024 › Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh — 2024
Chris Murray (Labour Party) was elected with 18,790 votes— 41.2% of 45,575 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. 41.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,575
| 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 | Chris Murray | Labour Party | 18,790 | 41.2% | −8.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tommy Sheppard | Scottish National Party | 15,075 | 33.1% | — | |
| 3 | Amanda Grimm | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 4,669 | 10.2% | — | |
| 4 | Marie-Clair Munro | Conservative Party | 2,598 | 5.7% | — | |
| 5 | Derek Winton | Reform UK | 2,129 | 4.7% | — | |
| 6 | Charles Dundas | Liberal Democrats | 1,949 | 4.3% | — | |
| 7 | Jane Gould | Independent | 365 | 0.8% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.