General Election 2024

Alan Melville is the Reform UK candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith. He says he is a committed libertarian who regards the lockdowns as "economically illiterate and socially devastating".He holds Masters’ degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and has taught in both schools and...

David Henry is standing as an independent candidate in Edinburgh West. This Saturday at 12pm he will officially launch his campaign and publish his election address.The campaign will be delivered to around 48,600 households in the next week or so and the message is...

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...

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...

Tracy Gilbert is the Scottish Labour Candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith.As the Scottish Regional Secretary for the trade union USDAW, she represents more than 37,000 retail and distribution workers in Scotland. An experienced campaigner she fights and wins for workers every day. “I...

Two former politicians are bidding for a comeback as the newly-named Lothian East seat is fought in next month’s General Election. Douglas Alexander, who served in senior cabinet posts on Government for former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has been nominated as Scottish...

Alastair Shields is the Scottish Conservatives candidate for Edinburgh West in the July UK election.Here I speak with him about the reasons for his candidacy and the main issues he believes impact the constituency.Mr Shields grew up in West Edinburgh and represented the...

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...

Cameron Rose has found his political home in Reform UK for this election.Mr Rose was a Conservative councillor in this part of Edinburgh for 15 years.He said that he has lived in the constituency for more than three decades and knows all...

Scottish Liberal Democrats select Bruce Wilson for Edinburgh South WestThe Scottish Liberal Democrats have selected Bruce Wilson as their candidate for Edinburgh South West at the forthcoming general election, whenever it is called. It must be called before 28 January 2025 according to parliamentary rules      The former Royal Marines Commando Captain will fight the next General...

Candidates fighting to represent Midlothian at Westminster following next month’s general election will face each other at a public hustings this week. The cost of living crisis, immigration and education are all expected to be high on the agenda as the nominees are quizzed by...

The defeated Scottish Conservative candidates in Edinburgh have recognised the scale of their party's collapse on Thursday offering their views on the ways it can recover.None of the five Scottish Conservative candidates across Edinburgh's constituencies won their seats, or even achieved second place. This...

Each party has published a manifesto setting out what it would do if it has enough MPs to govern - and there are also Scotland specific versions.Here you will find links to all of the main parties publications. Just click on the front...

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...

Tracy Gilbert is the Scottish Labour Candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith.As the Scottish Regional Secretary for the trade union USDAW, she represents more than 37,000 retail and distribution workers in Scotland. She said: “I grew up in a mining town in Midlothian...

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...

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...

Ian Harper is standing for Reform UK in Edinburgh South West, and he lives in Livingston.His main inspiration to join a political party for the first time has been the "eye-watering" corruption he has witnessed in the last four years. But he...

Three mental health charities will host a General Election hustings event in Edinburgh on Tuesday to discuss mental health policies with the five Scottish political parties.Change Mental Health, Penumbra Mental Health and Health in Mind have all joined forces to organise the hustings event,...

One of the candidates for the Edinburgh North and Leith consitituencey is Niel Neepnarain who represents the Scottish Family Party - Defending Traditional Values.He writes: "It's an honour to stand for Edinburgh North and Leith in these General Elections, I want to represent...

Richard Lucas is standing in the Westminster General Election for the Scottish Family Party.He is the leader of the party and while he has stood before in other elections he said the main aim is not to be elected to Westminster but to...

Kayleigh O'Neill was elected as a councillor in Edinburgh, representing the Forth Ward in 2022. She lives in Leith with her partner and she is now standing for Westminster.Previously an SNP member she said she was "politically homeless" for a while but then found...

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...

Dan Heap has been a councillor since 2022, representing the Sighthill/Gorgie ward.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEje0UWE2zU&list=PLf-knhPf8HO2cA7jCnMB1IMD0xZBUpILI&index=4He is now standing for the Edinburgh South West seat in the UK general election.Mr Heap told The Edinburgh Reporter: "I've lived in the South West constituency for 10 years now - just...

Tracy Gilbert won the Edinburgh North and Leith seat and will become the constituency's new MP, succeeding Deidre Brock with a majority of 7,268.https://twitter.com/edinreporter/status/1809183223043195054?s=46&t=TCNORMNSY2aPK4BywP9BOgThere is a full breakdown of the results below:

Anas Sarwar opened the Scottish Labour General Election campaign in Edinburgh on Thursday by supporting the party's candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith, Tracy Gilbert.23/5/2024Picture Alan SimpsonScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar took to the campaign trail to support Scottish Labour candidate for...

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...

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:

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...

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...