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Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

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Current MP

Name: Chris Murray
Party: Labour
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2029 election

No candidates have been declared for 2029 yet.

Projections

Projection	Projected result	Description
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2026	Likely SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 36%; Green: 21%; Lab: 15%; Ref: 13%
More in Common April 2026	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 29%; SNP: 27%; Ref: 12%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR January 2026	Lean SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 34%; Ref: 21%; Lab: 20%; Green: 12%
More in Common January 2026	Lean SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 33%; Lab: 23%; Ref: 15%; LD: 14%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025	Lean SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 34%; Ref: 23%; Lab: 21%; Green: 11%
YouGov September 2025	Lean SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 36%; Lab: 24%; Ref: 14%; Green: 10%
More in Common September 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 30%; Lab: 26%; Ref: 19%; LD: 11%
More in Common July 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 23%; Lab: 21%; LD: 18%; Ref: 14%; Cons: 10%; Other: 10%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 35%; Lab: 29%; Green: 12%; Ref: 12%
YouGov June 2025	Lean SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 34%; Lab: 25%; Ref: 15%; Green: 13%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 35%; Lab: 28%; Ref: 13%; Green: 11%
More in Common April 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 30%; SNP: 27%; Ref: 13%; LD: 12%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025	Lean SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 36%; Lab: 27%; Green: 12%; Ref: 12%
Focaldata Jan 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 31%; Lab: 27%; Green: 12%; Ref: 11%; Cons: 10%
More in Common Dec 2024	Safe Lab	Victory chances: Lab: 99%

2024 results

Winning party: Labour
Majority: 3715 (8.15%)
Turnout: 59.82%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chris Murray	Labour Party	18790	41.2%
Tommy Sheppard	Scottish National Party (SNP)	15075	33.1%
Amanda Grimm	Scottish Green Party	4669	10.2%
Marie-Clair Munro	Conservative and Unionist Party	2598	5.7%
Derek Winton	Reform UK	2129	4.7%
Charles Dundas	Liberal Democrats	1949	4.3%
Jane Mackenzie Gould	Independent	365	0.8%

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2019 notional results

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Winning party: Scottish National
Majority: 11796 (22.57%)
Turnout: 69%