BROCK RETAINS EDINBURGH NORTH & LEITH
The SNP’s Deidre Brock was returned to Parliament with a reduced majority in yesterday’s General Election.
Brock (right) secured 19,243 votes in Edinburgh North and Leith, 1,625 more than Gordon Munro’s 17,618 for Labour.
Next came: Iain McGill (Conservative) on 15,385, Martin Veart (Liberal Democrat) on 2,579; and Lorna Slater (Green) on 1,727.
The turnout was a respectable 71.2%.
Compared to the last General Election in 2015, the figures represent a swing of 11% towards the Tories in this constituency, with small swings away from Labour (-0.1%) and the Greens (-2.4%), and a larger swing away from the SNP of -6.9%. The Liberal Democrats’ share of the vote was marginally down (by 55 votes).
Across the city, Tommy Sheppard retained Edinburgh East for the SNP, as did Joanna Cherry in Edinburgh South-West and Ian Murray for Labour in Edinburgh South. Christine Jardine took Edinburgh West from the SNP for the Liberal Democrats.
The SNP hung on in Livingston, but Labour took seats from them in East Lothian and Midlothian.
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