Riding profile
Edinburgh North and Leith
The question
Edinburgh North and Leith: who wins this toss-up?
Editorial read
Edinburgh North and Leith, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 26% vote share, against 24% for the SNP, and the race could swing.
Sitting member
Tracy Gilbert
Sits with Labour
Current forecast
SNP
Toss-up
- Probability
- 84%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 0.6
- P(close race)
- 100%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Labour | SNP | Reform UK | Green | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereEdinburgh North and Leith | 25.6% | 24.3% | 13.7% | 11.3% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 21.7% +3.9 | 2.5% +21.8 | 25.3% −11.7 | 11.8% −0.6 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Gilbert Elected | Labour | 20,805 | 42.0 | — |
| Deidre Brock | SNP | 13,537 | 27.4 | — |
| Kayleigh O'Neill | Green | 5,417 | 10.9 | — |
| Mike Andersen | Lib Dems | 3,879 | 7.8 | — |
| Joanna Mowat | Conservative | 3,254 | 6.6 | — |
| Alan Melville | Reform UK | 1,818 | 3.7 | — |
| David Jacobsen | Other | 227 | 0.5 | — |
| Niel Deepnarain | Other | 210 | 0.4 | — |
| Richard Shillcock | Other | 189 | 0.4 | — |
| Caroline Waterloo | Other | 139 | 0.3 | — |
Demographics
Who lives here
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029