United Kingdom general election, 2015 (Edinburgh)

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United Kingdom general election, 2015[1]
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All 5 Edinburgh seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
  Nicola Sturgeon Jim Murphy.jpg David Cameron
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Jim Murphy David Cameron
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader since 14 November 2014 13 December 2014 6 December 2005
Last election 0 Seats 4 Seats 0 Seats
Seats before 0 4 0
Seats won 4 1 0
Seat change Increase4 Decrease3 Steady
Popular vote 107,132 71,978 39,850
Percentage 41.1% 27.6 15.3
Swing Increase28.6% Decrease9.5% Decrease3.9%
  Fourth party
  Nick Clegg by the 2009 budget cropped.jpg
Leader Nick Clegg
Party Liberal Democrat
Leader since 18 December 2007
Last election 1 seat
Seats before 1
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease1
Popular vote 25,870
Percentage 9.9%
Swing Decrease18.6%
Prime Minister before election

David Cameron
Conservative

 Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2015 in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015, and saw momentous changes in the political landscape of Scotland, with the Scottish National Party winning the vast majority of seats and 50% of the popular vote.

In Edinburgh the SNP won 4 of the city's 5 seats, with Labour retaining control of the constituency of Edinburgh South, which was held by Ian Murray. Following the election Murray was the sole Labour MP in Scotland. Murray's main opponent, the SNP candidate for Edinburgh South Neil Hay, had incurred controversy after it was discovered that he had tweeted numerous offensive messages on Twitter under the pseudonym Paco McSheepie. Amongst the tweets were comments calling Scottish Unionists Quislings[2] and claiming that elderly voters were too senile to vote.[3]

The Liberal Democrats lost their only Edinburgh seat, Edinburgh West, which had been held by Michael Crockart.

The reasons for the increase in support for the SNP, and the decline in support for Labour, were numerous. Edinburgh had voted against independence in the referendum, with 61.1% of the city voting against, as opposed to 38.9% voting for. The election saw the SNP winning 41.1% of the vote in Edinburgh; some 10% below the national average, but still a momentous shift since 2010.

Turnout was 260,843, or 73.1%.

For individual results see Results of the United Kingdom general election, 2015 by parliamentary constituency.

Overall result

Party MPs +/- Seats Contested Votes % +/- %
Scottish National Party 4 Increase4 5 107,132 41.1 Increase28.6
Labour Party 1 Decrease3 5 71,978 27.6 Decrease9.5
Conservative Party 0 Steady 5 39,850 15.3 Decrease 3.9
Liberal Democrats 0 Decrease1 5 25,870 9.9 Decrease18.6
Scottish Green Party 0 Steady 5 11,144 4.3 Increase2.1
UKIP 0 Steady 5 4,433 1.7 Increase1.6
Scottish Socialist Party 0 Steady 1 197 0.1 Steady
Left Unity 0 Steady 1 122 0.05 New
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 Steady 1 117 0.04 Decrease0.16

Results in Full

Constituency Labour Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Conservative Party
Edinburgh East 14,082 (29.9%) 1,325 (2.8%) 23,188 (49.2%) 4,670 (9.9%)
Edinburgh North and Leith 18,145 (31.3%) 2,634 (4.5%) 23,742 (40.9%) 9,378 (16.2%)
Edinburgh South 19,293 (39.1%) 1,823 (3.7%) 16,656 (33.8%) 8,626 (17.5%)
Edinburgh South West 14,033 (27.2%) 1,920 (3.7%) 22,168 (43.0%) 10,444 (20.2%)
Edinburgh West 6,425 (11.7%) 18,168 (33.1%) 21,378 (39.0%) 6,732 (12.2%)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election 2015 United Kingdom - Constituency Results BBC News
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