Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)
2015 general election
At the 2015 general election, Edinburgh South was the only constituency in Scotland to return a Labour MP to Parliament.

Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: 2015 general election
Table Section Text: At the 2015 general election, Edinburgh South was the only constituency in Scotland to return a Labour MP to Parliament.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	Ian Murray	19,293	39.1	+4.4

SNP	Neil Hay	16,656	33.8	+26.1

Conservative	Miles Briggs	8,626	17.5	4.1

Scottish Green	Phyl Meyer	2,090	4.2	+2.2

Liberal Democrats	Pramod Subbaraman	1,823	3.7	30.3

UKIP	Paul Marshall	601	1.2	n/a

Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox	197	0.4	n/a

Majority	2,637	5.4	+4.7

Turnout	49,286	74.9	+1.1

Labour hold	Swing	10.9

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