UK results: Conservatives win majority

After 650 of 650 seats declared
UK results
Party Conservative Labour Scottish National Party Liberal Democrat Democratic Unionist Party Others
Seats 365 203 48 11 8 15
Change +47 -59 +13 -1 -2 +2

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Edinburgh East

Parliamentary constituency

SNP HOLD

Results

  1. Scottish National Party
    Tommy Sheppard
    • Votes: 23,165
    • Vote share %: 48.4
    • Vote share change: +5.9
  2. Labour
    Sheila Gilmore
    • Votes: 12,748
    • Vote share %: 26.7
    • Vote share change: -8.0
  3. Conservative
    Eleanor Price
    • Votes: 6,549
    • Vote share %: 13.7
    • Vote share change: -4.9
  4. Liberal Democrat
    Jill Reilly
    • Votes: 3,289
    • Vote share %: 6.9
    • Vote share change: +2.6
  5. Green
    Claire Miller
    • Votes: 2,064
    • Vote share %: 4.3
    • Vote share change: +4.3

Change compared with 2017

Turnout

  • SNP majority: 10,417
  • Registered voters: 69,424
  • % share:
    68.9%
  • Change since 2017: +2.8

Vote share

Party % share
Scottish National Party 48.4%
Labour 26.7%
Conservative 13.7%
Liberal Democrat 6.9%
Green 4.3%

Vote share change since 2017

  • Scottish National Party +5.9 Gained
  • Green +4.3 Gained
  • Liberal Democrat +2.6 Gained
  • Conservative -4.9 Lost
  • Labour -8.0 Lost

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Results

General Election 2017 results
Party Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Tommy Sheppard Votes 18,509 header_vote_share 42.5 Net percentage change in seats -6.7
Party

LAB

Labour

 Patsy King Votes 15,084 header_vote_share 34.7 Net percentage change in seats +4.8
Party

CON

Conservative

 Katie Mackie Votes 8,081 header_vote_share 18.6 Net percentage change in seats +8.6
Party

LD

Liberal Democrat

 Tristan Gray Votes 1,849 header_vote_share 4.2 Net percentage change in seats +1.4

Change compared with 2015
SNP GAIN FROM LAB

Results

Scottish National Party
, with candidate Tommy Sheppard
, have the following results:
  • 23,188 total votes taken.
  • 49.2% share of the total vote
  • +28.8% change in share of the votes
Labour
, with candidate Sheila Gilmore
, have the following results:
  • 14,082 total votes taken.
  • 29.9% share of the total vote
  • -13.5% change in share of the votes
Conservative
, with candidate James McMordie
, have the following results:
  • 4,670 total votes taken.
  • 9.9% share of the total vote
  • -1.0% change in share of the votes
Green Party
, with candidate Peter McColl
, have the following results:
  • 2,809 total votes taken.
  • 6.0% share of the total vote
  • +0.9% change in share of the votes
Liberal Democrat
, with candidate Karen Utting
, have the following results:
  • 1,325 total votes taken.
  • 2.8% share of the total vote
  • -16.6% change in share of the votes
UKIP
, with candidate Oliver Corbishley
, have the following results:
  • 898 total votes taken.
  • 1.9% share of the total vote
  • +1.9% change in share of the votes
TUSC
, with candidate Ayesha Saleem
, have the following results:
  • 117 total votes taken.
  • 0.2% share of the total vote
  • -0.4% change in share of the votes

Change compared with 2010