Election Results
| General Election 2010: Edinburgh East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sheila Gilmore | 17,314 | 43.4% | +3.4 | |
| SNP | George Kerevan | 8,133 | 20.4% | +3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Beverley Hope | 7,751 | 19.4% | -5.0 | |
| Conservative | Martin Donald | 4,358 | 10.9% | +0.6 | |
| Scottish Green | Robin Harper | 2,035 | 5.1% | -0.6 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist | Gary Clark | 274 | 0.7% | - | |
| Majority | 9,181 | 23.0% | |||
| Turnout | 39,865 | 65.4 | +4.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
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