2015 General Election

Edinburgh East

2015 General Election · 7 May 2015 · Scotland

Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party) won the seat, a SNP gain from Lab, with a majority of 9,106 on a 70.1% turnout.

Electorate 67,141 · Valid votes 47,089 · Turnout 70.1%

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tommy Sheppard Scottish National Party 23,188 49.2%
Sheila Gilmore (sitting MP) Labour 14,082 29.9%
James McMordie Conservative 4,670 9.9%
Peter McColl Scottish Green Party 2,809 6%
Karen Utting Liberal Democrat 1,325 2.8%
Oliver Corbishley UK Independence Party 898 1.9%
Ayesha Saleem Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 117 0.3%

See this constituency & its current MP

Source: UK Parliament election results.