Constituency

Edinburgh West

Boundary: Edinburgh West (2024). Basemap © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO. Boundary: ONS, Open Government Licence.

At a glance

The MP for Edinburgh West is Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat), who has held the seat since 2017. At the 2024 general election the seat was a LD hold: she took 50.8% of the vote for a majority of 16,470, on a 68.6% turnout. Compared with the 2019 general election, the Liberal Democrat share of the vote was up 10.9 points, and turnout fell from 75.2%.

Current MP

Christine Jardine

Liberal Democrat

2024 general election result

Majority 16,470 · Turnout 68.6% · Electorate 76,490

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat 26,645 50.8%
Euan Hyslop Scottish National Party 10,175 19.4%
Michael Davidson Labour 7,854 15%
Alastair Shields Conservative 2,897 5.5%
Otto Inglis Reform UK 2,209 4.2%
James Puchowski Scottish Green Party 2,100 4%
David Henry Independent 363 0.7%
Nick Hornig Independent 143 0.3%
Tam Laird Scottish Libertarian Party 85 0.2%

Past election results

Every General Election and by-election in this seat, newest first. Open one for the full candidate list.

ElectionWinnerResultMajority
2024 Christine Jardine (LD) LD hold 16,470
2019 Christine Jardine (LD) LD hold 3,769
2017 Christine Jardine (LD) LD gain from SNP 2,988
2015 Michelle Thomson (SNP) SNP gain from LD 3,210
2010 Mike Crockart (LD) LD hold 3,803

Members for this seat

Everyone who has won the seat at the elections in our records, which begin with the 2010 general election. Members before then are not shown.

MemberPartyPeriod
Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat 2017 to present
Michelle Thomson Scottish National Party 2015 to 2017
Mike Crockart Liberal Democrat 2010 to 2015

Source: 2024 general election result from the official Parliament constituency profile.