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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
70,980 electors
Active Seat

Edinburgh South

Current MP
Ian Murray
Ian Murray

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
72.8%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Ian Murray Hold
Majority 17,251
Turnout 66.1% ↓9.0pp
Total Votes 46,826
Winner Swing ↑5.6pp
✓ Ian Murray
Labour
24,976 53.3%
↑7.1pp
Simita Kumar
Scottish National Party
7,725 16.5%
↓9.4pp
Jo Phillips
—
4,270 9.1%
↑6.2pp
Christopher Cowdy
Conservative
4,001 8.5%
↓8.3pp
Andy Williamson
Liberal Democrats
2,746 5.9%
↓2.3pp
Cameron Rose
Reform UK
1,845 3.9%
—
Alex Martin
—
466 1.0%
—
Lynne Lyon
Alba Party
454 1.0%
—
Phil Holden
—
267 0.6%
—
Mark Rowbotham
—
76 0.2%
—
Labour Ian Murray Hold
Majority 11,095
Turnout 75.1% ↑1.0pp
Total Votes 49,732
Winner Swing ↓7.2pp
✓ Ian Murray
Labour
23,745 47.8%
↓7.2pp
Catriona MacDonald
Labour (Co-op)
12,650 25.4%
↑3.0pp
Nick Cook
Conservative
8,161 16.4%
↓3.3pp
Alan Beal
Liberal Democrats
3,819 7.7%
↑4.8pp
Kate Nevens
—
1,357 2.7%
—
Labour Ian Murray Hold
Majority 15,514
Turnout 74.1% ↓0.8pp
Total Votes 47,840
Winner Swing ↑15.8pp
✓ Ian Murray
Labour
26,269 54.9%
↑15.8pp
Jim Eadie
Labour (Co-op)
10,755 22.5%
↓11.3pp
Stephanie Smith
Conservative
9,428 19.7%
↑2.2pp
Alan Beal
Liberal Democrats
1,388 2.9%
↓0.8pp
Labour Ian Murray Hold
Majority 2,637
Turnout 74.9% ↑1.1pp
Total Votes 49,286
Winner Swing ↑4.4pp
✓ Ian Murray
Labour
19,293 39.2%
↑4.4pp
Neil Hay
Labour (Co-op)
16,656 33.8%
↑26.1pp
Miles Briggs
Conservative
8,626 17.5%
↓4.1pp
Phyl Meyer
—
2,090 4.2%
↑2.2pp
Pramod Subbaraman
Liberal Democrats
1,823 3.7%
↓30.3pp
Paul Marshall
—
601 1.2%
—
Colin Fox
—
197 0.4%
—
Labour Ian Murray Hold
Majority 316
Turnout 73.8%
Total Votes 43,801
✓ Ian Murray
Labour
15,215 34.7%
↑1.5pp
Fred Mackintosh
Liberal Democrats
14,899 34.0%
↑1.7pp
Neil Hudson
Conservative
9,452 21.6%
↓2.5pp
Sandy Howat
Labour (Co-op)
3,354 7.7%
↑1.5pp
Steve Burgess
—
881 2.0%
↓1.2pp

Turnout Trend

73.8%
'10
74.9%
'15
74.1%
'17
75.1%
'19
66.1%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
35 to 49
18.4%
65 and over
18.1% ▲2.6pp
50 to 64
17.7%
0 to 17
17.3%
18 to 24
15.0%
25 to 34
13.6%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
84.3%
Asian or Asian British
9.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.7%
Other
2.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.6%
📊 Age
18 to 29
28.6%
30 to 44
18.4%
65 and over
18.1%
45 to 64
17.7%
Under 18
17.3%
⛪ Religion
No religion
55.9%
Christian
30.9%
Not answered
7.0%
Muslim
3.5%
Hindu
1.0%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.5%
Jewish
0.3%
Sikh
0.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
91.2%
Asian or Asian British
6.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.9%
Other ethnic group
0.9%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.8%
📊 Age
45 to 64
24.8%
18 to 29
22.3%
30 to 44
19.0%
Under 18
18.4%
65 and over
15.4%
⛪ Religion
No religion
45.1%
Christian
42.8%
Religion not stated
7.5%
Muslim
2.8%
Hindu
0.5%
Buddhist
0.5%
Other religion
0.3%
Jewish
0.3%
Sikh
0.2%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Nigel Griffiths Labour 1987-06-11 2010-05-06