Latest headlines
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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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See the changing political map of Scotland
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Daniel Johnson | Votes 13,597 | 35.5% | Net percentage change in seats +8.2 |
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SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Jim Eadie | Votes 12,474 | 32.6% | Net percentage change in seats +3.2 |
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CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Miles Briggs | Votes 9,972 | 26.1% | Net percentage change in seats +7.4 |
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LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates Pramod Subbaraman | Votes 2,216 | 5.8% | Net percentage change in seats −18.8 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish Labour Majority
1,123Turnout
64.2%Constituency Profile
This seat includes Craiglockhart, Slateford and Liberton, as well as the suburban areas of Merchiston and Morningside, which are made up of beautiful Victorian villas and tenements. The southern fringe of the constituency takes in a number of golf clubs.
Historically, the Conservatives held this seat at Westminster until 1987. It was lost at that time by Michael Ancram, who had been made parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Scottish Office by Margaret Thatcher. Mr Ancram had the task of implementing the poll tax in Scotland, where it was introduced first in the UK.
The seat has changed hands between the parties several times since the Scottish Parliament was formed. Labour's Angus MacKay won the Holyrood seat in 1999 but then lost it to Liberal Democrat Mike Pringle in 2003. Mr Pringle retained it in 2007, before Jim Eadie took it for the SNP at the last Holyrood poll in 2011.