1979 General Election - Edinburgh East
| Year | 1979 |
| General election | 1979 General Election |
| Constituency | Edinburgh East |
| Turnout | 76.1% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Strang, Gavin | Labour | 23,477 |
| Campbell, G | Conservative | 14,660 |
| MacDougall, GC | SNP | 5,296 |
| Downes, C | Communist | 173 |
| Brotherstone, T | Workers Revolutionary | 124 |