General Election 2024

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...

A general election has been called for 4 July 2024 by the prime minister, Rishi Sunak.Standing outside in the pouring rain he said that following agreement from King Charles during a conversation earlier today, parliament will be dissolved on 30 May. This will...

SNP Leader John Swinney has said it is a "democratic outrage" that some people in Scotland are now on holiday without having received their postal vote. He himself was due to go on a family holiday from tomorrow but has put those plans on...

Euan Hyslop is a local businessman who is also a councillor in the area, and he thinks it is the fact that he is a local man that will get him elected in Edinburgh West.He believes that voters are ready for change and...

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:

David Henry is standing as an independent candidate in Edinburgh West at this election.Previously he was a member of the Alba Party, but he sets out his reasons below why he would be a good MP for the constituency.

The Scottish Libertarian Party leader is running to win the party's first seat in the Edinburgh West constituency in the Westminster General Election.Previously a member of the Scottish National Party, Mr Laird left to found his current party which he previously described as "full...

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...

Californian Amanda Grimm is already involved with the Scottish Greens as she works in parliament as a researcher for Ariane Burgess MSP.She outlined that it is time for real change at Westminster. She said: "The UK is the sixth wealthiest country in the world,...

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...

Sue Webber has been a Scottish Conservative regional MSP for Lothian since 2021.She is now aiming to move from Holyrood to Westminster reppresenting the Edinburgh South West constituency in UK Parliament, and hoping that her local roots will win her the seat.Speaking ...

Ian Murray has retained the Edinburgh South seat and will become the constituency's new MP.It is quite likely that he will be appointed to the Cabinet on Friday afternoon by the new Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer.https://twitter.com/EdinReporter/status/1809069105766441038The votes cast for each candidates are...

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...

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...

Announcing a “green new deal”, The Scottish Greens used Edinburgh’s arts centre at Summerhall to share their pledges on wealth taxes on the one per cent and divestment from fossil fuels.Co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie emphasised the urgency of climate change and the...

Kayleigh O'Neill is the Scottish Greens candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith.Ms O'Neill was elected as a councillor for Forth Ward in 2022.She works for the Scottish Greens, managing Lorna Slater's office on a part-time basis, but she told The Edinburgh Reporter...

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...

Although his first visit during this General Election was to Scotland, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who assumed the Tory leadership in October 2022, has not been to Edinburgh for some time.He accompanied Douglas Ross, the soon to be former leader of the...

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, today officially launched the Scottish party's campaign for the 2024 General Election.The pair held a rally with candidates and activists in North Queensferry, beneath the iconic Forth Bridge, to set...

The Scottish Conservatives will publish their manifesto for rural Scotland on Thursday – which the party says has been “shamefully neglected” by the SNP Government.Shadow rural affairs secretary Rachael Hamilton will launch the manifesto at The Royal Highland Show where she will highlight her...

In the General Election campaign the party manifestos are released this week, setting out each party's policies.On Monday the Liberal Democrats released theirs, and you will find the UK Liberal Democrat manifesto here which the party says is funded through fair taxes, with...

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...

After some photos on social media showed the former Scottish Green leader and MSP, Robin Harper, stuffing envelopes for Labour candidate Ian Murray, the veteran politician has announced that he has joined the Scottish Labour Party.Harper, who was MSP for the Lothian region from...

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...

During a visit to Cramond Residence in Edinburgh, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Wendy Chamberlain, the party’s candidate for North East Fife, set out the party's plans for a £500 million rescue package for care.The party says this will enable people...

Edinburgh’s returning officer has backed calls for a review of the UK’s postal voting system after delays in the distribution of ballots meant some were unable to vote in last week’s election.Paul Lawrence said the process of printing and posting out ballots “needs to...

David Jacobsen is the Socialist Labour Party Genera Election candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith.He has 20 years experience as a healthcare worker in the NHS and says he is committed to "a National Health Service available to all at the time of need,...

The Scottish Green Party candidate for the general election will take to the stage at a festival on the Portobello promenade on Saturday 22 June.The Sea Rising Festival is organised by Porty Community Energy. It will include free music, a ceilidh, a maker’s markets,...

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh candidate in the General Election, Amanda Grimm, has backed the cultural venue Summerhall, which she says is at risk of being lost from the capital’s arts scene.Delivering the opening speech at the Scottish Greens’ manifesto launch which took place at...

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has called time on his government, announcing a date while standing in the pouring rain outside Downing Street on Wednesday.The next General Election will be held on 4 July 2024.Sunak has been Prime Minister since October 2022 and...