UK general elections › 2024 › Lothian East
Lothian East — 2024
Douglas Alexander (Labour Party) was elected with 23,555 votes— 49.0% of 48,102 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. 49.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,102
| 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 | Douglas Alexander | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 23,555 | −1.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Lyn Jardine | Scottish National Party | 10,290 | — | ||
| 3 | Scott Hamilton | Conservative Party | 5,535 | — | ||
| 4 | Robert Davies | Reform UK | 3,039 | — | ||
| 5 | Duncan Dunlop | Liberal Democrats | 2,649 | — | ||
| 6 | Shona McIntosh | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 2,477 | — | ||
| 7 | George Kerevan | Alba Party | 557 | — |
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.