Lothian East

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Current MP

Name: Douglas Alexander
Party: Labour
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2029 election

No candidates have been declared for 2029 yet.

Projections

Projection	Projected result	Description
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 29.0%; Lab: 26.0%; SNP: 23.0%
YouGov September 2025	Lean Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 31.0%; Ref: 22.0%; SNP: 17.0%; Green: 10.0%
More in Common September 2025	Lean Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 30.0%; Ref: 21.0%; SNP: 21.0%
More in Common July 2025	Lean Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 38.0%; SNP: 25.0%; Cons: 15.0%; Ref: 13.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025	Lean Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 37.0%; SNP: 23.0%; Ref: 15.0%; Cons: 10.0%
YouGov June 2025	Lean Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 32.0%; Ref: 21.0%; SNP: 17.0%; Cons: 10.0%; LD: 10.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025	Lean Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 35.0%; SNP: 24.0%; Ref: 16.0%; Cons: 10.0%
More in Common April 2025	Likely Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 34.0%; Cons: 17.0%; SNP: 17.0%; Ref: 14.0%; LD: 11.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025	Lean Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 34.0%; SNP: 25.0%; Ref: 14.0%
Focaldata Jan 2025	Likely Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 37.0%; SNP: 20.0%; Cons: 14.0%; Ref: 12.0%
More in Common Dec 2024	Safe Lab	Victory chances: Lab: 100.0%

2024 results

Winning party: Labour
Majority: 13265 (27.57%)
Turnout: 63.75%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Douglas Alexander	Labour and Co-operative Party	23555
Lyn Jardine	Scottish National Party (SNP)	10290
Scott Hamilton	Conservative and Unionist Party	5535
Robert Davies	Reform UK	3039
Duncan Dunlop	Liberal Democrats	2649
Shona McIntosh	Scottish Green Party	2477
George Kerevan	Alba Party	557

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2019 notional results

(See the about page for more information about the nature of these results.)

Winning party: Scottish Nationalist
Majority: 2207 (4.34%)
Turnout: 71.2%

Party	Votes
Scottish Nationalist	17671
Labour	15464
Conservative	13956
Liberal Democrats	3193
Other	493