1979 General Election - Edinburgh Leith

Year	1979
General election	1979 General Election
Constituency	Edinburgh Leith
Turnout	75.2%

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes
Brown, Ron	Labour	12,961
McLernan, Aidan	Conservative	8,944
Aitken, Keith	Liberal	3,382
Platt, William	SNP	2,706