February 1974 General Election - Edinburgh East
| Year | 1974 |
| General election | February 1974 General Election |
| Constituency | Edinburgh East |
| Turnout | 81.1% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Strang, Gavin | Labour | 20,163 |
| May, DJ | Conservative | 14,614 |
| MacDougall, GC | SNP | 7,128 |
| Melling, J | Liberal | 3,998 |
| Swann, I | Communist | 274 |