General Election 2024

Edinburgh South West's voters have chosen to change from SNP to Labour and Scott Arthur is the new MP who will go to Westminster.https://twitter.com/EdinReporter/status/1809167565068832784The results are detailed below:

In Edinburgh West Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat will continue to represent the constituency at Westminster.Ms Jardine was elected at the last three General Elections.The detailed results are here:Ms Jardine increased her majority and there was a huge Liberal Democrat presence at the Election Count...

Chris Murray has been elected new MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh with the smallest majority in Edinburgh of 3,715.He ousted SNP MP Tommy Sheppard from the seat he had held for nine years.The full results are below:

2024 General Election - Edinburgh ResultsThe exit polls predicted - as most polls have for the last few weeks - that there would be a Labour landslide with Labour winning 410 seats across the UK.After an all night count we have the results...

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has been to see the King at Buckingham Palace and has tendered his resignation following the disastrous results of the General Election.Before leaving Downing Street he made a short speech in which he apologised to the country and to...

Scottish Labour dominated the Edinburgh contests, with Ian Murray retaining Edinburgh South and the three SNP MPs replaced by their Labour counterparts, while Scottish Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine is the only representative of an alternative party.Edinburgh North and Leith - Tracy Gilbert (Scottish Labour)...

The city's Transport Convener, Scott Arthur, has been elected an MP, saying it was still a surprise in his acceptance speech.He thanked Joanna Cherry and then said: "It is truly humbling to have won actually. We did not come here tonight expecting to...

After losing his Westminster seat at the General Election, Tommy Sheppard said he will not stand in the 2026 Scottish parliamentary election, but he will play a part in the independence campaign which he says must go on.He said: "The independence campaign needs...

The SNP is set to suffer its worst electoral night in quite some time, says the SNP's Tommy Sheppard.Mr. Sheppard, who represented Edinburgh East since the 2015 SNP landslide in Scotland and was running for the new Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency, foresees...

Joanna Cherry the SNP candidate in Edinburgh South West arrived at The Royal Highland Showground around 1.30am and it appeared she was already steeling herself for the result expected in the early hours.https://twitter.com/EdinReporter/status/1809046050818175335She said: "Well, I mean, obviously, I'm going to wait to...

It seemed like a victory lap when Christine Jardine - who has been Liberal Democrat MP for the last two terms - arrived at the Highland Hall at Ingliston around 2.30am.Her supporters already believe that she has held the seat in Edinburgh West...

An ad-hoc facility in Edinburgh's City Chambers has allowed around four hundred people to retain their right to vote in the 2024 general election.Paul Lawrence, Chief Executive of the council and Chief Returning Officer with full responsibility for the Election Count said that the...

In Edinburgh there are five seats in contention, and the quiet word is that all four - except Edinburgh West which has been held by the Liberal Democrats for some considerable time - could turn red when the results are in.Whether or not...

Following the exit polls announced at 10pm, while Labour look set to win more than enough seats to form the next government, the Scottish Liberal Democrats are predicted to win three times as many seats as they did last time.The Scottish Liberal Democrat...

Since the boundary changes to certain constituencies this year, the current seat did not exist in the last election five years ago. But many of the voters of the previous constituency, Edinburgh East, will have their say along with the addition of Musselburgh.Edinburgh...

Five years ago, the voters of Edinburgh West went to the polls in the UK's last general election in December.Scottish Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine, who had first won the seat in 2017 and was the constituency's MP until Parliament was dissolved for the 2019...

Last time in December 2019, Joanna Cherry increased her vote share to win the seat for the second time in a row.Like many of her SNP colleagues, Ms Cherry became the constituency's MP in the SNP landslide of 2015 and retained her seat in...

A lot has changed since the 2019 election, but it is worth looking back at the previous results before tonight's numbers are announced.Deidre Brock of the SNP became the constituency's MP in the SNP landslide of 2015 and successfully defended her position in two...

The postal votes are already in the hall and being counted at Ingliston where the Edinburgh count takes place.There are 530,000 people living in the capital and 375,712 people are registered to vote in this election of which 103,581 are registered for a...

Voting in the UK General Election began when the polling stations opened in the UK at 7am on Thursday and will continue until 10pm.Until then there is a virtual news blackout on the election particularly on TV and radio - but we can...

John Swinney arrived in Leith on Wednesday evening, the night before the General Election, to support the SNP candidate, Deidre Brock, and to warn what a UK Labour government will look like.He said to the assembled crowd down by the Shore: "The Labour...

The SNP candidate for Edinburgh South West has urged voters across the constituency to ensure their voice is heard, highlighting postal ballots that have yet to be sent can be returned to local polling stations until 10pm on Thursday.Joanna Cherry has urged voters not...

Lynne Lyon is Edinburgh's sole Alba Party candidate in the upcoming general election, running to replace Labour's Ian Murray as Edinburgh South's MP.The Alba candidate was born and bred in the area, having gone to both primary and secondary school in the constituency and...

Given the election betting scandal dominating the news one week out from polling day, I ask Scott Arthur if he’s put any money on himself. But the city councillor and Labour candidate is “not a betting man,” he tells me in-between door knocks in Currie...

Jo Mowat has been a councillor for the best part of two decades and now represents the City Centre Ward.She retained her seat in the 2022 local government elections when the party suffered losses, and is an active ward councillor engaging with local...

Michael Davidson went to Fox Covert Primary School and thinks he has the edge as a local in this constituency.He is a trade union representative and works in the renewable energy sector, seeing for himself how collective action can reap rewards.With the Liberal...

Richard Shillcock is in the minority and he is gracious enough to laugh a little when asked how that feels. He is standing for the Communist Party of Britain and said that this party has a unique position.He said the party has a...

A South African lawyer who arrived in Edinburgh in 2022, Mike is passionate about Edinburgh and Scotland - so much so that he has decided to stand for Parliament.He said he cannot stand by and watch elderly people get on buses rather than...

Deidre Brock has been an SNP MP for the last two terms, and was previously the Depute Lord Provost in Edinburgh as well as Culture Convener.She said to The Edinburgh Reporter she would very much like to keep the job of representing the...

Tommy Sheppard has been SNP MP for the old constituency of Edinburgh East for the last two terms, and was one of the 56 SNP MPs who swept in to Westminster in 2015.Last time round he increased his vote share and his...