2005 United Kingdom general election in Edinburgh
These are the results of the 2005 United Kingdom general election in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The 2005 General Election was held on 5 May 2005 and four constituencies returned Labour Party MPs, with one returning a Liberal Democrat MP.[1]
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For individual results see results of the 2005 United Kingdom general election.
Overall result
| Party | MPs | +/- | Seats Contested | Votes | % | +/- % | |
| Labour Party | 4 |  |
5 | 70,593 | 33.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | |
5 | 67,593 | 31.6 | ||
| Conservative Party | 0 | |
5 | 41,404 | 19.3 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 0 | |
5 | 22,517 | 10.5 | ||
| Scottish Green Party | 0 | |
5 | 8,619 | 4.0 | ||
| Scottish Socialist Party | 0 | |
5 | 3,181 | 1.5 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | |
1 | 205 | 0.1 | ||
| Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party | 0 | |
1 | 89 | 0.0 | ||
| Communist League | 0 | |
1 | 37 | 0.0 | ||
| Total | 5 | |
214,238 | 100.0 | |||
Results in Full
| Constituency | Labour Party (UK) | Liberal Democrats | Scottish National Party | Conservative Party (UK) |
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| Edinburgh East | 15,899 (40.0%) | 9,697 (24.4%) | 6,760 (17.0%) | 4,093 (10.3%) |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 14,597 (34.2%) | 12,444 (29.2%) | 4,344 (10.2%) | 7,969 (18.7%) |
| Edinburgh South | 14,188 (33.2%) | 13,783 (32.3%) | 2,635 (6.2%) | 10,291 (24.1%) |
| Edinburgh South West | 17,476 (39.8%) | 9,252 (21.1%) | 4,654 (10.6%) | 10,234 (23.3%) |
| Edinburgh West | 8,433 (18.6%) | 22,417 (49.5%) | 4,124 (9.1%) | 8,817 (19.5%) |
References
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