Edinburgh South
Scotland · Burgh constituency · City of Edinburgh
About the Edinburgh South constituency
Edinburgh South is a burgh constituency in Scotland. The sitting MP is Ian Murray (Labour), MP since May 2010. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 53.3% to 16.5% for the SNP, a majority of 17,251 votes on a 66.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 45.1% and the SNP on 20.9%, a margin of 24.2 points.
Who lives in Edinburgh South? Constituency demographics
From Scotland's 2022 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Edinburgh South vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Edinburgh South
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from Scotland's 2022 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
How Edinburgh South voted at the Scottish Parliament election (7 May 2026)
Edinburgh South crosses multiple Holyrood boundaries (approximate share of the seat's area in each): Edinburgh Southern (89%), Edinburgh Central (6%), Midlothian North (4%). Scotland uses the Additional Member System: voters cast one ballot for a constituency MSP and a second for a regional list. The figures below are the constituency vote.
| Holyrood constituency | Approx. share of Edinburgh South's area | Winner | Runner-up | Elected MSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Southern | 89% | Labour 42.9% | SNP 30.3% | Daniel Johnson |
| Edinburgh Central | 6% | Green 36.0% | Labour 23.0% | Lorna Slater |
| Midlothian North | 4% | SNP 38.9% | Labour 30.3% | Colin Beattie |
Holyrood 2026 constituency results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are approximate shares of the Westminster seat's land area, not of its electorate. They come from an area overlay of the post-2024 Westminster boundary on simplified Holyrood second-review boundaries (in force from 7 May 2026), so they do not always sum to 100% and small overlaps may be artefacts of the simplified boundaries.
Edinburgh South within City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh South sits entirely within City of Edinburgh Council. City of Edinburgh was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results with vote counts available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| City of Edinburgh | 100% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council result per ward, from the most recent election with vote counts available. How this table is sourced ›
Scottish council wards elect several councillors each by STV, so for these wards the table shows first preferences, not seats: the party with the most first-preference votes and each other party's share. 2022 figures are from the official cast-vote records.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council first preferences | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colinton / Fairmilehead | Labour 55.3%vs SNP 18.0% | 2022 Labour 33.4%Conservative 29.9%, SNP 17.2%, Lib Dem 12.4%, Green 5.4%, Others 1.6% | - | - |
| Fountainbridge / Craiglockhart | Labour 41.8%vs SNP 24.6% | 2022 Conservative 26.6%SNP 22.7%, Labour 22.4%, Green 19.9%, Lib Dem 7.1%, Others 1.2% | - | - |
| Liberton / Gilmerton | Labour 58.7%vs SNP 20.3% | 2022 Labour 33.3%SNP 30.7%, Conservative 18.0%, Green 8.2%, Others 5.7%, Lib Dem 4.1% | - | - |
| Meadows / Morningside | Labour 50.6%vs SNP 14.7% | No council data | - | - |
| Southside / Newington | Labour 50.9%vs SNP 18.0% | 2022 Labour 24.1%Green 23.1%, SNP 19.2%, Conservative 17.6%, Lib Dem 16.1% | - | - |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Edinburgh South at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Edinburgh South at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | SNP | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Ian Murray | 34.7% | 21.6% | 34.0% | 7.7% | 316 | 73.8% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Ian Murray | 39.1% | 17.5% | 3.7% | 33.8% | 2,637 | 74.9%+1.1 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Ian Murray | 54.9% | 19.7% | 2.9% | 22.5% | 15,514 | 74.1%-0.8 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Ian Murray 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 46.2% | 16.8% | 8.2% | 25.9% | 10,795 | 74.7%+0.6 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Ian Murray | 53.3% | 8.5% | 5.9% | 16.5% | 17,251 | 66.1%-8.6 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Edinburgh South
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Edinburgh South. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Leave22.1 / 27.9vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate61.5 / 56.6vs 33.7
- ↓No quals8.5 / 10.1vs 18.0
- ↑Graduate61.5 / 58.1vs 33.7
- ↓Leave22.1 / 33.3vs 53.2
- ↓No quals8.5 / 9.5vs 18.0
- ↑Graduate61.5 / 56.8vs 33.7
- ↓Leave22.1 / 32.1vs 53.2
- ↓No quals8.5 / 9.8vs 18.0
- ↑Graduate61.5 / 64.1vs 33.7
- ↓Leave22.1 / 28.7vs 53.2
- ↓No quals8.5 / 8.2vs 18.0
- ↑Graduate61.5 / 58.5vs 33.7
- ↓Leave22.1 / 28.8vs 53.2
- ↓No quals8.5 / 9.8vs 18.0
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic model at the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls, built from the British Election Study Internet Panel (Fieldhouse et al.), Census 2021 (ONS) and Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). The trajectory was recalculated with the current model, introduced in autumn 2026.
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