Edinburgh South

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Name: Ian Murray
Party: Labour
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2029 election

No candidates have been declared for 2029 yet.

Projections

ProjectionProjected resultDescription
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2026Toss-up GreenVote shares: Green: 22%; Lab: 21%; SNP: 20%; Ref: 14%
More in Common April 2026Likely LabVote shares: Lab: 33%; SNP: 16%; Other: 11%; Ref: 11%; Green: 10%; LD: 10%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR January 2026Toss-up LabVote shares: Lab: 28%; Ref: 24%; SNP: 17%; Green: 12%
More in Common January 2026Lean SNPVote shares: SNP: 30%; Lab: 22%; Ref: 21%; LD: 12%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025Toss-up LabVote shares: Lab: 29%; Ref: 27%; SNP: 18%
YouGov September 2025Likely LabVote shares: Lab: 36%; Ref: 16%; Green: 14%; SNP: 12%; LD: 10%
More in Common September 2025Lean LabVote shares: Lab: 32%; Ref: 21%; SNP: 16%; LD: 10%
More in Common July 2025Lean LabVote shares: Lab: 30%; LD: 20%; Cons: 16%; Ref: 12%; Other: 11%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025Likely LabVote shares: Lab: 41%; SNP: 19%; Ref: 12%; Green: 11%
YouGov June 2025Likely LabVote shares: Lab: 38%; Ref: 15%; SNP: 14%; Green: 13%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025Likely LabVote shares: Lab: 39%; SNP: 19%; Ref: 13%; Green: 10%
More in Common April 2025Lean LabVote shares: Lab: 28%; Ref: 20%; Green: 13%; LD: 12%; SNP: 12%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025Likely LabVote shares: Lab: 38%; SNP: 20%; Ref: 12%; Green: 11%
Focaldata Jan 2025Likely LabVote shares: Lab: 40%; SNP: 19%; Cons: 12%; Green: 10%
More in Common Dec 2024Safe LabVictory chances: Lab: 100%

2024 results

Winning party: Labour
Majority: 17251 (36.84%)
Turnout: 66.10%

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ian MurrayLabour Party2497653.3%
Simita KumarScottish National Party (SNP)772516.5%
Jo PhillipsScottish Green Party42709.1%
Christopher CowdyConservative and Unionist Party40018.5%
Andy WilliamsonLiberal Democrats27465.9%
Cameron RoseReform UK18453.9%
Alex MartinIndependent4661.0%
Lynne LyonAlba Party4541.0%
Phil HoldenScottish Family Party2670.6%
Mark RowbothamIndependent760.2%

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2019 notional results

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Winning party: Labour
Majority: 10795 (20.35%)
Turnout: 74.7%

PartyVotesShare
Labour2450846.2%
Scottish National1371325.9%
Conservative892216.8%
Liberal Democrats43448.2%
Green15422.9%