1997 United Kingdom general election in Edinburgh

These are the results of the 1997 United Kingdom general election 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.

1997 United Kingdom general election

1 May 1997
All 6 Edinburgh seats to the House of Commons
Leader Tony Blair Paddy Ashdown Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 21 July 1994 16 July 1988 Last election 4 Seats 0 Seats Seats before 4 0 Seats won 5 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 111,514 48,515 Percentage 39.1% 17.0%   Leader John Major Alex Salmond Party Conservative SNP Leader since 28 November 1990 22 September 1990 Last election 2 Seats 0 Seats Seats before 2 0 Seats won 0 0 Seat change 2 Popular vote 60,529 39,898 Percentage 21.2% 14.0%
Prime Minister before election John Major Conservative Subsequent Prime Minister Tony Blair Labour

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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