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Edinburgh West — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Edinburgh West was won by Liberal Democrat at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 16,470 votes over SNP. This page covers every general election in Edinburgh West from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (Liberal) 3,800 59.1% George Auldjo Jamieson (Conservative) 1,175 (18.3 pts) 84.9%
1886 Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (Liberal Unionist) 3,083 56.3% Robert Wallace (Liberal) 690 (12.6 pts) 72.4%
1892 William Waldegrave Palmer (Liberal Unionist) 3,728 53.7% Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (Liberal) 512 (7.4 pts) 84.3%
1895 Lewis McIver (Liberal Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Lewis McIver (Liberal Unionist) 4,180 61.2% Edwin Adam (Liberal) 1,535 (22.5 pts) 76.5%
1906 Lewis McIver (Liberal Unionist) 3,949 52.0% Leonard Henry Courtney (Liberal) 306 (4.0 pts) 85.0%
Jan 1910 James Avon Clyde (Liberal Unionist) 4,683 52.5% Charles Henry Lyell (Liberal) 450 (5.1 pts) 91.4%
Dec 1910 James Avon Clyde (Liberal Unionist) 4,952 53.8% John Hartman Morgan (Liberal) 700 (7.6 pts) 90.4%
1918 John Gordon Jameson (Unionist) 9,172 50.9% James Edwad Parrott (Liberal) 2,952 (16.4 pts) 53.3%
1922 Henry Vivian Phillipps (Liberal) 12,355 51.4% John Gordon Jameson (Unionist) 666 (2.8 pts) 68.9%
1923 Henry Vivian Phillipps (Liberal) 11,010 41.4% Ian MacIntyre (Unionist) 2,232 (8.4 pts) 74.4%
1924 Ian MacIntyre (Unionist) 10,628 36.6% George Mathers (Labour) 1,025 (3.5 pts) 79.3%
1929 George Mathers (Labour) 15,795 38.6% Wilfrid Guild Normand (Unionist) 2,829 (6.9 pts) 74.8%
1931 Wilfrid Guild Normand (Unionist) 31,407 71.2% George Mathers (Labour) 18,703 (42.4 pts) 79.2%
1935 Thomas Mackay Cooper (Unionist) 28,023 67.0% James Welsh (Labour) 14,229 (34.0 pts) 68.1%
1945 George Ian Clark Hutchison (Unionist) 19,894 47.4% George Gordon Stott (Labour) 1,054 (2.5 pts) 67.5%
1950 George Ian Clark Hutchison (Unionist) 26,978 60.0% Crawford Morgan (Labour) 12,601 (28.0 pts) 82.8%
1951 George Ian Clark Hutchison (Unionist) 30,232 66.0% Harry Wilson (Labour) 14,625 (31.9 pts) 83.1%
1955 George Ian Clark Hutchison (Unionist) 26,000 67.0% James Alexander Cuthburt Thomson (Labour) 13,216 (34.1 pts) 75.7%
1959 James Anthony Stodart (Unionist) 25,976 56.5% James K Stocks (Labour) 11,932 (25.9 pts) 80.3%
1964 James Anthony Stodart (Unionist) 26,298 50.6% James K Stocks (Labour) 7,939 (15.3 pts) 80.9%
1966 James Stodart (Conservative) 24,882 48.3% Richard Douglas (Labour) 4,809 (9.3 pts) 78.7%
1970 James Stodart (Conservative) 26,864 49.2% George Foulkes (Labour) 7,341 (13.5 pts) 75.0%
Feb 1974 James Stodart (Conservative) 18,908 44.2% William James Taylor (Labour) 8,477 (19.8 pts) 82.2%
Oct 1974 James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative) 15,354 38.1% William James Taylor (Labour) 5,202 (12.9 pts) 76.6%
1979 James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative) 19,360 45.4% Michael Charles Bryce McGregor (Labour) 7,351 (17.2 pts) 77.8%
1983 James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative) 17,646 38.2% Derek Gordon King (Liberal) 498 (1.1 pts) 75.7%
1987 James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative) 18,450 37.4% Derek Gordon King (Liberal) 1,234 (2.5 pts) 79.4%
1992 James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative) 18,071 37.0% Donald Easterbrook Gorrie (Liberal Democrat) 879 (1.8 pts) 82.7%
1997 Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat) 20,578 43.2% James Douglas-Hamilton (Conservative) 7,253 (15.2 pts) 77.9%
2001 John Barrett (Liberal Democrat) 16,719 42.4% Elspeth Alexandra (Labour) 7,589 (19.2 pts) 63.8%
2005 John Barrett (Liberal Democrat) 22,417 49.5% David Brogan (Conservative) 13,600 (30.0 pts) 68.9%
2010 Mike Crockart (Liberal Democrat) 16,684 35.9% Cameron Day (Labour) 3,803 (8.2 pts) 71.5%
2015 Michelle Thomson (SNP) 21,378 39.0% Mike Crockart (Liberal Democrat) 3,210 (5.9 pts) 76.6%
2017 Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat) 18,108 34.3% Toni Giugliano (SNP) 2,988 (5.7 pts) 73.9%
2019 Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat) 21,766 39.9% Sarah Masson (SNP) 3,769 (6.9 pts) 75.4%
2024 Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat) 26,645 50.8% Euan Hyslop (SNP) 16,470 (31.4 pts) 68.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Ryburn Buchanan Liberal 3,80059.1% Yes
George Auldjo Jamieson Conservative 2,62540.9% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Ryburn Buchanan Liberal Unionist 3,08356.3% Yes
Robert Wallace Liberal 2,39343.7% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Waldegrave Palmer Liberal Unionist 3,72853.7% Yes
Thomas Ryburn Buchanan Liberal 3,21646.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis McIver Liberal Unionist Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis McIver Liberal Unionist 4,18061.2% Yes
Edwin Adam Liberal 2,64538.8% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis McIver Liberal Unionist 3,94952.0% Yes
Leonard Henry Courtney Liberal 3,64348.0% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Avon Clyde Liberal Unionist 4,68352.5% Yes
Charles Henry Lyell Liberal 4,23347.5% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Avon Clyde Liberal Unionist 4,95253.8% Yes
John Hartman Morgan Liberal 4,25246.2% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Gordon Jameson Unionist 9,17250.9% Yes
James Edwad Parrott Liberal 6,22034.5% No
John Alexander Young Labour 2,64214.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Vivian Phillipps Liberal 12,35551.4% Yes
John Gordon Jameson Unionist 11,68948.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Vivian Phillipps Liberal 11,01041.4% Yes
Ian MacIntyre Unionist 8,77833.0% No
George Mathers Labour 6,83625.7% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian MacIntyre Unionist 10,62836.6% Yes
George Mathers Labour 9,60333.1% No
Henry Vivian Phillipps Liberal 8,79030.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Mathers Labour 15,79538.6% Yes
Wilfrid Guild Normand Unionist 12,96631.7% No
Henry Vivian Phillipps Liberal 12,12629.7% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfrid Guild Normand Unionist 31,40771.2% Yes
George Mathers Labour 12,70428.8% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Mackay Cooper Unionist 28,02367.0% Yes
James Welsh Labour 13,79433.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Ian Clark Hutchison Unionist 19,89447.4% Yes
George Gordon Stott Labour 18,84044.9% No
John Gibson Thomson Liberal 3,2567.8% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Ian Clark Hutchison Unionist 26,97860.0% Yes
Crawford Morgan Labour 14,37732.0% No
Margaret Ruby Walker Liberal 3,5868.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Ian Clark Hutchison Unionist 30,23266.0% Yes
Harry Wilson Labour 15,60734.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Ian Clark Hutchison Unionist 26,00067.0% Yes
James Alexander Cuthburt Thomson Labour 12,78433.0% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Anthony Stodart Unionist 25,97656.5% Yes
James K Stocks Labour 14,04430.5% No
Donald Frederick Leach Liberal 5,96213.0% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Anthony Stodart Unionist 26,29850.6% Yes
James K Stocks Labour 18,35935.3% No
James R Telfer Liberal 7,35214.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Stodart Conservative 24,88248.3% Yes
Richard Douglas Labour 20,07339.0% No
James Telfer Liberal 6,57112.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Stodart Conservative 26,86449.2% Yes
George Foulkes Labour 19,52335.8% No
Donald Gorrie Liberal 4,4678.2% No
Muriel Gibson SNP 3,7116.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Stodart Conservative 18,90844.2% Yes
William James Taylor Labour 10,43124.4% No
Donald Gorrie Liberal 9,18921.5% No
Catherina Mcmillan Moore SNP 4,2419.9% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative 15,35438.1% Yes
William James Taylor Labour 10,15225.2% No
Catherina Mcmillan Moore SNP 8,13520.2% No
Donald Gorrie Liberal 6,60616.4% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative 19,36045.4% Yes
Michael Charles Bryce McGregor Labour 12,00928.2% No
Rosemary Dulce Callendar Liberal 7,33017.2% No
Colin Bell SNP 3,9049.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative 17,64638.2% Yes
Derek Gordon King Liberal 17,14837.1% No
Alexander Wood Labour 9,31320.1% No
John Wishart Nicoll SNP 2,1264.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative 18,45037.4% Yes
Derek Gordon King Liberal 17,21634.9% No
Michael Charles Bryce Me McGregor Labour 10,95722.2% No
Norman Irons SNP 2,7745.6% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative 18,07137.0% Yes
Donald Easterbrook Gorrie Liberal Democrat 17,19235.2% No
Irene Kitson Labour 8,75918.0% No
Graham Sutherland SNP 4,1178.4% No
Alan Fleming Liberal 2720.6% No
Linda Hendry Green 2340.5% No
David Bruce BNP 1330.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Donald Gorrie Liberal Democrat 20,57843.2% Yes
James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative 13,32528.0% No
Lesley Hinds Labour 8,94818.8% No
Graham Sutherland SNP 4,2108.8% No
Stephen Elphick Referendum Party 2770.6% No
Paul Coombes Liberal 2630.6% No
Antony Jack Independent 300.1% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Barrett Liberal Democrat 16,71942.4% Yes
Elspeth Alexandra Labour 9,13023.1% No
Iain Whute Conservative 8,89422.5% No
Alyn Smith SNP 4,04710.3% No
Bill Scott Scottish Socialist 6881.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Barrett Liberal Democrat 22,41749.5% Yes
David Brogan Conservative 8,81719.5% No
Navraj Ghaleigh Labour 8,43318.6% No
Sheena Cleland SNP 4,1249.1% No
Ailsa Spindler Green 9642.1% No
Gary Clark Scottish Socialist 5101.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mike Crockart Liberal Democrat 16,68435.9% Yes
Cameron Day Labour 12,88127.7% No
Stewart Geddes Conservative 10,76723.2% No
Sheena Cleland SNP 6,11513.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michelle Thomson SNP 21,37839.0% Yes
Mike Crockart Liberal Democrat 18,16833.1% No
Lindsay Paterson Conservative 6,73212.3% No
Cammy Day Labour 6,42511.7% No
Pat Black Green 1,1402.1% No
Otto Inglis UKIP 1,0151.9% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat 18,10834.3% Yes
Toni Giugliano SNP 15,12028.6% No
Sandy Batho Conservative 11,55921.9% No
Mandy Telford Labour 7,87614.9% No
Mark Whittet Scotland's Independence Referendum Party 1320.3% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat 21,76639.9% Yes
Sarah Masson SNP 17,99733.0% No
Graham Hutchison Conservative 9,28317.0% No
Craig Bolton Labour 4,4608.2% No
Elaine Gunn Green 1,0271.9% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat 26,64550.8% Yes
Euan Hyslop SNP 10,17519.4% No
Michael Davidson Labour 7,85415.0% No
Alastair Shields Conservative 2,8975.5% No
Otto Inglis Reform UK 2,2094.2% No
James Puchowski Green 2,1004.0% No
David Henry Independent 3630.7% No
Nick Hornig Independent 1430.3% No
Tam Laird Scottish Libertarian Party 850.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 18.3 pts 1886: Liberal Unionist margin 12.6 pts 1892: Liberal Unionist margin 7.4 pts 1900: Liberal Unionist margin 22.5 pts 1906: Liberal Unionist margin 4.0 pts Jan 1910: Liberal Unionist margin 5.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal Unionist margin 7.6 pts 1918: Unionist margin 16.4 pts 1922: Liberal margin 2.8 pts 1923: Liberal margin 8.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 3.5 pts 1929: Labour margin 6.9 pts 1931: Unionist margin 42.4 pts 1935: Unionist margin 34.0 pts 1945: Unionist margin 2.5 pts 1950: Unionist margin 28.0 pts 1951: Unionist margin 31.9 pts 1955: Unionist margin 34.1 pts 1959: Unionist margin 25.9 pts 1964: Unionist margin 15.3 pts 1966: Conservative margin 9.3 pts 1970: Conservative margin 13.5 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 19.8 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 12.9 pts 1979: Conservative margin 17.2 pts 1983: Conservative margin 1.1 pts 1987: Conservative margin 2.5 pts 1992: Conservative margin 1.8 pts 1997: Liberal Democrat margin 15.2 pts 2001: Liberal Democrat margin 19.2 pts 2005: Liberal Democrat margin 30.0 pts 2010: Liberal Democrat margin 8.2 pts 2015: SNP margin 5.9 pts 2017: Liberal Democrat margin 5.7 pts 2019: Liberal Democrat margin 6.9 pts 2024: Liberal Democrat margin 31.4 pts 1885 1886 1892 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Edinburgh West has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, SNP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Edinburgh West in the 2024 general election?

Liberal Democrat won Edinburgh West in 2024 with 26,645 votes (50.8%), a majority of 16,470 votes over SNP in second place.

Which parties have won Edinburgh West since 1885?

Since 1885, Edinburgh West has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Liberal Unionist, SNP, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Edinburgh West?

The closest result on record for Edinburgh West was 1983, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 498 votes (1.1 percentage points).

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