Edinburgh South
ConstituencySouth east Scotland. About 102,488 people in 31 square kilometres.
MP for Edinburgh South
Ian MurrayLabourMP since
They won by 17,251 votes on a 66.1% turnout.
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Majority 2024 by constituency
UK Parliament election results · July 2024
The winner in Edinburgh South had a majority of 36.8% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
2024 general election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian MurrayElected | Labour | 24,976 | 53.3% |
| Simita Kumar | Scottish National Party | 7,725 | 16.5% |
| Jo Phillips | Scottish Green Party | 4,270 | 9.1% |
| Christopher Cowdy | Conservative | 4,001 | 8.5% |
| Andy Williamson | Liberal Democrat | 2,746 | 5.9% |
| Cameron Rose | Reform UK | 1,845 | 3.9% |
| Alex Martin | Independent | 466 | 1.0% |
| Lynne Lyon | Alba Party | 454 | 1.0% |
| Phil Holden | Scottish Family Party | 267 | 0.6% |
| Mark Rowbotham | Independent | 76 | 0.2% |
- Electorate
- 70,838
- Turnout
- 66.1%
- Majority
- 17,251 (36.8%)
- Valid votes
- 46,826
- Rejected ballots
- 125
Polling day . Shares are of valid votes; turnout is valid votes as a share of the electorate. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: House of Commons Library, UK Parliament election results. The result from the House of Commons Library
How Edinburgh South compares
Each dot is a constituency. The black line marks the middle one.
Every constituency ranked: population and aged 15 to 64.
What is the population of Edinburgh South?
Edinburgh South had 99,879 usual residents at the census.
Edinburgh South is the 294th least populated of 650 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Edinburgh
Most of Edinburgh South lies in Edinburgh. These figures are published for the whole of Edinburgh, not for constituencies, so they describe the council and not Edinburgh South itself. See Edinburgh
Edinburgh South in brief
The winner in Edinburgh South had a majority of 36.8% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
Turnout in Edinburgh South at the general election on 4 July 2024 was 66.1%.
Edinburgh South had 99,879 usual residents at the census.
67.9% of residents in Edinburgh South were aged 15 to 64 at the census.