2005 United Kingdom general election in Edinburgh

2005 United Kingdom general election

5 May 2005
All 5 Edinburgh seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Michael Howard Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 21 July 1994 18 December 2007 6 December 2005 Last election 4 Seats 1 Seats 0 Seats Seats before 4 1 0 Seats won 4 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 70,593 67,593 41,404 Percentage 33.0% 31.6% 19.3%   Fourth party   Leader Alex Salmond Party SNP Leader since 2004 Last election 0 Seats Seats before 0 Seats won 0 Seat change Popular vote 22,517 Percentage 10.5%
Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Subsequent Prime Minister Tony Blair Labour

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.

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)
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%)