UK general elections › 2024 › Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh South West — 2024
Scott Arthur (Labour Party) was elected with 18,663 votes— 40.9% of 45,664 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. 40.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,664
| 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 | Scott Arthur | Labour Party | 18,663 | 40.9% | −9.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Joanna Cherry | Scottish National Party | 12,446 | 27.3% | — | |
| 3 | Sue Webber | Conservative Party | 5,558 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | Dan Heap | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 3,450 | 7.6% | — | |
| 5 | Bruce Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 3,014 | 6.6% | — | |
| 6 | Ian Harper | Reform UK | 2,087 | 4.6% | — | |
| 7 | Richard Lucas | Scottish Family Party | 265 | 0.6% | — | |
| 8 | Marc Wilkinson | Independent | 181 | 0.4% | — |
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.