UK general elections › 2024 › Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South — 2024
Ian Murray (Labour Party) was elected with 24,976 votes— 53.3% of 46,826 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,826
| 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 | 24,976 | +3.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Simita Kumar | Scottish National Party | 7,725 | — | ||
| 3 | Jo Phillips | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 4,270 | — | ||
| 4 | Christopher Cowdy | Conservative Party | 4,001 | — | ||
| 5 | Andy Williamson | Liberal Democrats | 2,746 | — | ||
| 6 | Cameron Rose | Reform UK | 1,845 | — | ||
| 7 | Alex Martin | Independent | 466 | — | ||
| 8 | Lynne Lyon | Alba Party | 454 | — | ||
| 9 | Phil Holden | Scottish Family Party | 267 | — | ||
| 10 | Mark Rowbotham | Independent | 76 | — |
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.