United Kingdom general election, 1997 (Edinburgh)

United Kingdom general election, 1997

1 May 1997

All 6 Edinburgh seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Blair Paddy Ashdown John Major Party Labour Liberal Democrat Conservative Leader since 21 July 1994 16 July 1988 28 November 1990 Last election 4 Seats 0 Seats 2 Seats Seats before 4 0 2 Seats won 5 1 0 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 111,514 48,515 60,529 Percentage 39.1% 17.0% 21.2%   Fourth party   Leader Alex Salmond Party SNP Leader since 22 September 1990 Last election 0 Seats Seats before 0 Seats won 0 Seat change Popular vote 39,898 Percentage 14.0%

Prime Minister before election John Major Conservative Subsequent Prime Minister Tony Blair Labour

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 1997 in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The 1997 General Election was held on 1 May 1997 and five constituencies returned Labour Party MPs, with one returning a Liberal Democrat MP.

For the overall results in Scotland see 1997 United Kingdom general election results in Scotland.

Overall result

Party		MPs	+/-	Seats Contested	Votes	%	+/- %
	Labour Party	5	1	6	111,514	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	6	48,515	17.0
	Conservative Party	0	2	6	60,529	21.2
	Scottish National Party	0		6	39,898	14.0
	Scottish Socialist	0
	Scottish Green	0
	UKIP	0
	Legalise Cannabis	0
	Socialist Labour	0
Total		6			285,243	100.0

Results in Full

Constituency	Labour Party (UK)	Liberal Democrats	Scottish National Party	Conservative Party (UK)
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	22,564 (53.6%)	4,511 (10.7%)	8,034 (19.1%)	6,483 (15.4%)
Edinburgh Pentlands	19,675 (43.0%)	4,575 (10.0%)	6,882 (13.0%)	14,813 (32.4%)
Edinburgh South	20,993 (46.8%)	7,911 (17.6%)	5,791 (12.9%)	9,541 (21.3%)
Edinburgh Central	20,125 (47.1%)	5,605 (13.1%)	6,750 (15.8%)	9,055 (21.2%)
Edinburgh West	8,948 (18.8%)	20,578 (43.2%)	4,210 (8.8%)	13,325 (28.0%)
Edinburgh North and Leith	19,209 (46.9%)	5,335 (13.0%)	8,231 (20.1%)	7,312 (17.9%)

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