Current MSP: Marco Biagi (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Marco Biagi 9480 +3088 32.7 +10.0
Labour Sarah Boyack * 9243 +1283 31.9 +3.7
Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton 5937 -2742 20.5 -10.3
Conservative Iain McGill 4354 -819 15.0 -3.3
Majority 237 Turnout 29014 Swing +3.2% SNP gain
Formed from Edinburgh Central (75%), Edinburgh North & Leith (20%) and Edinburgh West (5%), this new seat saw one of the most surprising results of 2011 with the SNP’s Marco Biagi coming from a notional 3rd place to beat Labour and Lib Dems. Second-placed Sarah Boyack was elected to Holyrood via the Lothians list.

Notes: Given boundary changes since 2007, variations in votes and share between seats with different boundaries would be misleading. We use the Denver figures, essentially a calculation of the 2007 votes cast within 2011 boundaries. More information on this here.

Symbols used:

* – Incumbent
^ – Challenger holding a list seat in previous Parliament
# – Lost deposit
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