United Kingdom general election, 2010 (Edinburgh)

United Kingdom general election, 2010[1]
6 May 2010 (2010-05-06)
All 5 Edinburgh seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gordon Brown Nick Clegg David Cameron
Party Labour Liberal Democrat Conservative
Leader since 24 June 2007 18 December 2007 6 December 2005
Last election 4 Seats 1 Seats 0 Seats
Seats before 4 1 0
Seats won 4 1 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 82,623 63,544 42,682
Percentage 37.1% 28.5 19.2
Swing Increase4.1% Decrease3.1% Decrease0.1%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Alex Salmond
Party SNP
Leader since 2004
Last election 0 Seats
Seats before 0
Seats won 0
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 27,700
Percentage 12.4
Swing Increase1.9%
Prime Minister before election

Gordon Brown
Labour

 Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010 in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010 and four constituencies returned Labour Party MPs, with one returning a Liberal Democrat MP.

For individual results see Results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Overall result

Party MPs +/- Seats Contested Votes % +/- %
Labour Party 4 Steady 5 82,623 37.1
Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 5 63,544 28.5
Conservative Party 0 Steady 5 42,682 19.2
Scottish National Party 0 Steady 5 27,700 12.4
Scottish Green Party 0 Steady 4 4,850 2.2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 Steady 2 507 0.2
Liberal Party 0 Steady 1 389 0.2
Scottish Socialist Party 0 Steady 1 319 0.1
Socialist Labour Party 0 Steady 1 141 0.1
Communist League 0 Steady 1 48 0.0

Results in Full

Constituency Labour Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Conservative Party
Edinburgh East 17,314 (43.4%) 7,751 (19.4%) 8,133 (20.4%) 4,358 (10.9%)
Edinburgh North and Leith 17,740 (37.5%) 16,016 (33.8%) 4,568 (9.6%) 7,079 (14.9%)
Edinburgh South 15,215 (34.7%) 14,899 (34.0%) 3,354 (7.7%) 9,452 (21.6%)
Edinburgh South West 19,473 (42.8%) 8,194 (18.0%) 5,530 (12.2%) 11,026 (23.4%)
Edinburgh West 12,881 (27.7%) 16,684 (35.9%) 6,115 (13.2%) 10,767 (23.2%)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election 2010 United Kingdom - National Results BBC News
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