Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Edinburgh South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Pringle | 8,279 | 24.6 | -11.8 | |
| Labour | Paul Godzik | 9,254 | 27.4 | +3.3 | |
| SNP | Jim Eadie | 9,947 | 29.4 | +12.3 | |
| Conservative | Gavin Brown | 6,298 | 18.6 | -3.7 | |
| Majority | 693 | 2.1 | |||
| Turnout | 33,796 | 61.5 | |||
| SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Edinburgh South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Pringle | 11,398 | 35.0 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | Donald Anderson | 9,469 | 29.1 | -2.5 | |
| SNP | Robert Holland | 6,117 | 18.8 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | Gavin Brown | 5,589 | 17.2 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 1,929 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 32,573 | 56.6 | +4.92 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Edinburgh South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Pringle | 10,005 | 32.07 | + 9.74 | |
| Labour | Angus MacKay | 9,847 | 31.56 | −5.49 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Buchan | 5,180 | 16.60 | + 0.71 | |
| SNP | Alex Orr | 4,396 | 14.09 | −9.44 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Shirley Gibb | 1,768 | 5.67 | N/A | |
| Majority | 158 | 0.51 | |||
| Turnout | 31,196 | 51.68 | −10.94 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Edinburgh South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Angus MacKay | 14,869 | 37.05 | N/A | |
| SNP | Margo MacDonald | 9,445 | 23.53 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Pringle | 8,961 | 22.33 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Iain Whyte | 6,378 | 15.89 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | William Black | 482 | 1.20 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,424 | 13.52 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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