United Kingdom general election, 2001 (Edinburgh)

United Kingdom general election, 2001

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 6 Edinburgh seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy William Hague Party Labour Liberal Democrat Conservative Leader since 21 July 1994 9 August 1999 19 June 1997 Last election 5 Seats 1 Seats 0 Seats Seats before 5 1 0 Seats won 5 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 70,593 67,593 43,296 Percentage 33.0% 31.6% 19.3%   Fourth party   110px Leader John Swinney Party SNP Leader since 26 September 2000 Last election 0 Seats Seats before 0 Seats won 0 Seat change Popular vote 22,517 Percentage 10.5%
Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Subsequent Prime Minister Tony Blair Labour

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2001 in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The 2001 General Election was held on 7 June 2001 and five constituencies returned Labour Party MPs, with one returning a Liberal Democrat MP.

For the overall results in Scotland see 2001 United Kingdom general election results in Scotland.

Overall result

Party		MPs	+/-	Seats Contested	Votes	%	+/- %
	Labour Party	5		6	88,488	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	1		6	48,889	22.5
	Conservative Party	0		6	43,296	19.9
	Scottish National Party	0		6	28,018	12.9
	Scottish Socialist	0		6	6,255	2.9
	Scottish Green	0		1	1,809
	UKIP	0		1	205
	Legalise Cannabis	0		1	535
	Socialist Labour	0		1	259
Total		6			217,654	100.0

Results in Full

Constituency	Labour Party (UK)	Liberal Democrats	Scottish National Party	Conservative Party (UK)
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	18,124 (52.6%)	4,981 (14.5%)	5,956 (17.3%)	3,906 (11.3%)
Edinburgh Pentlands	15,797 (40.6%)	4,210 (10.8%)	4,210 (10.8%)	14,055 (36.1%)
Edinburgh South	15,671 (42.2%)	10,172 (27.4%)	3,683 (9.9%)	6,172 (16.6%)
Edinburgh Central	14,495 (42.1%)	6,353 (18.5%)	4,832 (14.1%)	5,643 (16.4%)
Edinburgh West	9,130 (23.1%)	16,719 (42.4%)	4,047 (10.3%)	8,894 (22.5%)
Edinburgh North and Leith	15,271 (45.9%)	6,454 (19.4%)	5,290 (15.9%)	4,626 (13.9%)