UK results: Conservatives win majority

After 650 of 650 seats declared
UK results
Party Conservative Labour Scottish National Party Liberal Democrat Democratic Unionist Party Others
Seats 365 203 48 11 8 15
Change +47 -59 +13 -1 -2 +2

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Edinburgh South West

Parliamentary constituency

SNP HOLD

Results

  1. Scottish National Party
    Joanna Cherry
    • Votes: 24,830
    • Vote share %: 47.6
    • Vote share change: +12.0
  2. Conservative
    Callum Laidlaw
    • Votes: 12,848
    • Vote share %: 24.6
    • Vote share change: -8.7
  3. Labour
    Sophie Cooke
    • Votes: 7,478
    • Vote share %: 14.3
    • Vote share change: -12.4
  4. Liberal Democrat
    Tom Inglis
    • Votes: 4,971
    • Vote share %: 9.5
    • Vote share change: +5.2
  5. Green
    Ben Parker
    • Votes: 1,265
    • Vote share %: 2.4
    • Vote share change: +2.4
  6. The Brexit Party
    David Ballantine
    • Votes: 625
    • Vote share %: 1.2
    • Vote share change: +1.2
  7. Social Democratic Party
    Mev Brown
    • Votes: 114
    • Vote share %: 0.2
    • Vote share change: +0.2

Change compared with 2017

Turnout

  • SNP majority: 11,982
  • Registered voters: 73,501
  • % share:
    70.9%
  • Change since 2017: +1.5

Vote share

Party % share
Scottish National Party 47.6%
Conservative 24.6%
Labour 14.3%
Liberal Democrat 9.5%
Green 2.4%
The Brexit Party 1.2%

Vote share change since 2017

  • Scottish National Party +12.0 Gained
  • Liberal Democrat +5.2 Gained
  • Green +2.4 Gained
  • The Brexit Party +1.2 Gained
  • Conservative -8.7 Lost
  • Labour -12.4 Lost

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Results

General Election 2017 results
Party Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Joanna Cherry Votes 17,575 header_vote_share 35.6 Net percentage change in seats -7.4
Party

CON

Conservative

 Miles Briggs Votes 16,478 header_vote_share 33.4 Net percentage change in seats +13.1
Party

LAB

Labour

 Foysol Choudhury Votes 13,213 header_vote_share 26.8 Net percentage change in seats -0.4
Party

LD

Liberal Democrat

 Aisha Mir Votes 2,124 header_vote_share 4.3 Net percentage change in seats +0.6

Change compared with 2015
SNP GAIN FROM LAB

Results

Scottish National Party
, with candidate Joanna Cherry
, have the following results:
  • 22,168 total votes taken.
  • 43.0% share of the total vote
  • +30.8% change in share of the votes
Labour
, with candidate Ricky Henderson
, have the following results:
  • 14,033 total votes taken.
  • 27.2% share of the total vote
  • -15.6% change in share of the votes
Conservative
, with candidate Gordon Lindhurst
, have the following results:
  • 10,444 total votes taken.
  • 20.2% share of the total vote
  • -4.0% change in share of the votes
Green Party
, with candidate Richard Doherty
, have the following results:
  • 1,965 total votes taken.
  • 3.8% share of the total vote
  • +1.9% change in share of the votes
Liberal Democrat
, with candidate Dan Farthing-Sykes
, have the following results:
  • 1,920 total votes taken.
  • 3.7% share of the total vote
  • -14.3% change in share of the votes
UKIP
, with candidate Richard Lucas
, have the following results:
  • 1,072 total votes taken.
  • 2.1% share of the total vote
  • +2.1% change in share of the votes

Change compared with 2010