East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 2010s

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
-
Labour
Martin Whitfield
20,158
36.1
+5.1
-
SNP
George Kerevan
17,075
30.6
12.0
-
Conservative
Sheila Low
16,540
29.6
+10.1
-
Liberal Democrat
Elisabeth Wilson
1,738
3.1
+0.5
-
Independent
Mike Allan
367
0.7
+0.4
Majority
Majority
Majority
3,083
5.5
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
55,878
70.6
3.6
-
Labour gain from SNP
Labour gain from SNP
Swing
+8.6
-

Question: Who won the election and what was the vote margin of victory?
Answer: George Kerevan of the Scottish National Party was defeated by Martin Whitfield of the Labour Party by 3,083 votes in the East Lothian(UK Parliament constituency).