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Edinburgh East

🗳️ Election History

4
Elections
67.6%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2015
Current Party Since
Scottish National Party Tommy Sheppard Hold
Majority 10,417
Turnout 68.9% ↑2.8pp
Total Votes 47,815
Winner Swing ↑5.9pp
✓ Tommy Sheppard
Labour (Co-op)
23,165 48.5%
↑5.9pp
Sheila Gilmore
Labour
12,748 26.7%
↓8.0pp
Eleanor Price
Conservative
6,549 13.7%
↓4.9pp
Jill Reilly
Liberal Democrats
3,289 6.9%
↑2.6pp
Claire Miller
—
2,064 4.3%
—
Scottish National Party Tommy Sheppard Hold
Majority 3,425
Turnout 66.1% ↓4.1pp
Total Votes 43,523
Winner Swing ↓6.7pp
✓ Tommy Sheppard
Labour (Co-op)
18,509 42.5%
↓6.7pp
Patsy King
Labour
15,084 34.7%
↑4.8pp
Katie Mackie
Conservative
8,081 18.6%
↑8.7pp
Tristan Gray
Liberal Democrats
1,849 4.3%
↑1.4pp
Scottish National Party Tommy Sheppard Gain from Labour
Majority 9,106
Turnout 70.1% ↑4.7pp
Total Votes 47,089
Winner Swing ↑5.8pp
✓ Tommy Sheppard
Labour (Co-op)
23,188 49.2%
↑28.8pp
Sheila Gilmore
Labour
14,082 29.9%
↓13.5pp
James McMordie
Conservative
4,670 9.9%
↓1.0pp
Peter McColl
—
2,809 6.0%
↑0.9pp
Karen Utting
Liberal Democrats
1,325 2.8%
↓16.6pp
Oliver Corbishley
—
898 1.9%
—
Ayesha Saleem
—
117 0.3%
↓0.4pp
Labour Sheila Gilmore Hold
Majority 9,181
Turnout 65.4%
Total Votes 39,865
✓ Sheila Gilmore
Labour
17,314 43.4%
↑3.4pp
George Kerevan
Labour (Co-op)
8,133 20.4%
↑3.4pp
Beverley Hope
Liberal Democrats
7,751 19.4%
↓5.0pp
Martin Donald
Conservative
4,358 10.9%
↑0.6pp
Robin Harper
—
2,035 5.1%
↓0.6pp
Gary Clark
—
274 0.7%
—

Turnout Trend

65.4%
'10
70.1%
'15
66.1%
'17
68.9%
'19

👥 Demographics

🌍 Ethnicity
White
90.3%
Asian or Asian British
6.8%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.0%
Other ethnic group
0.8%
📊 Age
18 to 29
29.3%
45 to 64
21.6%
30 to 44
21.3%
Under 18
14.5%
65 and over
13.3%
⛪ Religion
No religion
46.2%
Christian
40.8%
Religion not stated
7.3%
Muslim
3.2%
Hindu
0.7%
Buddhist
0.7%
Other religion
0.5%
Sikh
0.3%
Jewish
0.2%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Tommy Sheppard Scottish National Party 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Sheila Gilmore Labour 2010-05-06 2015-03-30
Dr Gavin Strang Labour 1970-06-18 2010-05-06