Edinburgh South West
ConstituencySouth east Scotland. About 109,610 people in 90 square kilometres.
MP for Edinburgh South West
Dr Scott ArthurLabourMP since
They won by 6,217 votes on a 61.9% turnout.
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Majority 2024 by constituency
UK Parliament election results · July 2024
The winner in Edinburgh South West had a majority of 13.6% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
2024 general election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott ArthurElected | Labour | 18,663 | 40.9% |
| Joanna Cherry | Scottish National Party | 12,446 | 27.3% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | 5,558 | 12.2% |
| Dan Heap | Scottish Green Party | 3,450 | 7.6% |
| Bruce Wilson | Liberal Democrat | 3,014 | 6.6% |
| Ian Harper | Reform UK | 2,087 | 4.6% |
| Richard Lucas | Scottish Family Party | 265 | 0.6% |
| Marc Wilkinson | Independent | 181 | 0.4% |
- Electorate
- 73,784
- Turnout
- 61.9%
- Majority
- 6,217 (13.6%)
- Valid votes
- 45,664
- Rejected ballots
- 147
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 West 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 West?
Edinburgh South West had 107,015 usual residents at the census.
Edinburgh South West is the 193rd most populated of 650 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Edinburgh
Most of Edinburgh South West lies in Edinburgh. These figures are published for the whole of Edinburgh, not for constituencies, so they describe the council and not Edinburgh South West itself. See Edinburgh
Edinburgh South West in brief
The winner in Edinburgh South West had a majority of 13.6% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
Turnout in Edinburgh South West at the general election on 4 July 2024 was 61.9%.
Edinburgh South West had 107,015 usual residents at the census.
70.9% of residents in Edinburgh South West were aged 15 to 64 at the census.