Spurtle has approached all candidates, asking for reactions to Friday morning's General Election result.
First past the post with a response was Labour's victorious Mark Lazarowicz.
'I'm obviously delighted at the election result,' he said. 'I was humbled at the amount of support I received from local people. I vowed at the start of the campaign that I would wage a positive campaign – I am glad I kept to that.
'This new "hung" Parliament will be challenging for everyone – but it will also be a chance for Parliament to seize the opportunity for proper democratic reforms of our political system – and that's certainly something I will be working for.'
The Edinburgh North and Leith MP's constituency and Westminster offices will reopen on Monday 10 May, and his weekly surgeries will start up again on Friday 14 May.