This was one of the upsets of the night.
Jim Eadie who had been the SNP representative for this constituency since 2011 lost his seat to a brand new Labour politician, Daniel Johnson who won by a majority of 1123 votes.
The Edinburgh Reporter spoke to former Labour MP Nigel Griffiths ahead of the result being announced and his prophesy was correct. Griffiths said: “This is a seat where the SNP were the incumbent at the last Scottish election, but I think they are poised to lose it tonight.
“I feel the air is going out of that balloon in Edinburgh Southern and the SNP are losing the momentum there. ”
These were the candidates for the Edinburgh Southern Constituency
BRIGGS, Miles – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (9972 votes)
EADIE, Jim – Scottish National Party (SNP) (12,474 votes)
Jim Eadie won this seat with a majority of 693 votes in 2011.
SUBBARAMAN, Pramod – Scottish Liberal Democrats Pramod is a dentist in the city and stood at the General Election last year. (2216 votes)
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