Election Results
| General Election 2010: Edinburgh South West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alistair Darling | 19,473 | 42.8 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | Jason Rust | 11,026 | 24.3 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Tim McKay | 8,194 | 18.0 | -3.1 | |
| SNP | Kaukab Stewart | 5,530 | 12.2 | +1.6 | |
| Scottish Green | Clare Cooney | 872 | 1.9 | -1.6 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Colin Fox | 319 | 0.7 | -0.6 | |
| Communist League | Caroline Bellamy | 48 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,447 | 18.6 | +2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 45,462 | 68.5 | +3.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
| General Election 2005: Edinburgh South West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alistair Darling | 17,476 | 39.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Gordon Buchan | 10,234 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Clark | 9,252 | 21.1 | N/A | |
| SNP | Nick Elliott-Cannon | 4,654 | 10.6 | N/A | |
| Scottish Green | John Blair-Fish | 1,520 | 3.5 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Pat Smith | 585 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | William Boys | 205 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,242 | 16.5 | |||
| Turnout | 43,926 | 65.4 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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