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Edinburgh East is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Tommy Sheppard of the Scottish National party.
The Edinburgh East constituency has a total population of 0, of which 0 are eligible (18+) to vote (%).
Edinburgh East ranks 528th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.
Sorry, a bio for Tommy Sheppard has not yet been produced.
MP DETAILS | |
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Address | Tommy Sheppard MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA |
Phone Number | 020 7219 4272 |
Political Party | Scottish National |
Email Address | mail@tommysheppard.com |
Constituency | Edinburgh East |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 06/03/1959 |
Website | Website |
Twitter Profile | |
Facebook Page | |
Party Page | Website |
Wikipedia Page | Visit Wiki |
9.9% | 29.9% | 2.8% | 6.0 % | 1.9% |
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat | Green Party UKIP |
Election turnout for the Edinburgh East constituency in 2015 was 71.20%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.
Candidate | Party | Gender | Date of Birth | Website | |
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Ayesha Saleem | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Female | - | - | - |
James McMordie | Conservative | Male | 02 November 1986 (38) | - | http://www.edinburghconservatives.org.uk/news/james-mcmordie-edinburgh-east |
Karen Utting | Liberal Democrat | Female | - | - | http://www.karenutting.co.uk/ |
Oliver John Corbishley | UK Independence Party | Male | 16 February 1991 (33) | - | - |
Peter McColl | Scottish Green Party | Male | 09 May 1980 (44) | - | http://petermccoll.wordpress.com/ |
Sheila Gilmore | Labour | Female | 01 October 1949 (75) | - | http://www.sheilagilmore.co.uk/ |
Tommy Sheppard | Scottish National | Male | 06 March 1959 (65) | - | http://tommysheppard.com/ |
10.93% | 43.43% | 19.44% | 20.4% | % | 5.1% | % | % |
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Scottish National | Plaid Cymru Green Party BNP UKIP |
Party | Votes | Share |
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Conservative | 4,358 | 10.9% |
Green | 2,035 | 5.1% |
Labour | 17,314 | 43.4% |
Liberal-Democrat | 7,751 | 19.4% |
Scottish-National | 8,133 | 20.4% |
TUSC | 274 | 0.7% |
Electorate | 60,945 |
Votes | 39,865 |
Turnout | 65.4% |
Conservative | Donald, Martin |
Labour | Gilmore, Sheila |
Liberal Democrat | Hope, Beverley |
SNP | Kerevan, George |
Green | Harper, Robin |
Election turnout for the Edinburgh East constituency in 2010 was 65.4%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.
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