Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh South West | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Location within Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Edinburgh |
Major settlements | Wester Hailes, Bonaly, Balerno, Gorgie |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Scott Arthur (Labour) |
Created from | Edinburgh Pentlands and Edinburgh Central |
Edinburgh South West is a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used at the 2005 UK general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Scott Arthur of the Labour Party.
Constituency profile
[edit]Edinburgh South West covers a south western portion of the city around the Lanark Road. It has an urban north east including Gorgie and Slateford, and a suburban centre including Wester Hailes. The southwest part is rural and extends into the Pentland Hills.
The seat is left-leaning and pro-EU, with wealthier residents than the UK average.[1]
Boundaries
[edit]Edinburgh South West is one of five constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area. All are entirely within the city council area.
Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area had been covered by six constituencies and, of the six, there was one, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, which straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area, to include Musselburgh.
Edinburgh South West is mostly a replacement for the former Edinburgh Pentlands constituency, but excludes some of the east of that constituency. Also, it includes a south western portion of the former Edinburgh Central constituency.[2] The Scottish Parliament uses different boundaries. Edinburgh South West is mostly contained within the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency for elections to the Scottish Parliament, with some parts of the north and east of the seat being located in the constituencies of Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.
Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies which came into effect for the 2005 general election, the boundaries of the constituency were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004 and comprised the following wards of the City of Edinburgh Council: Balerno, Baberton, Colinton, Craiglockhart, Dalry, Firrhill, Fountainbridge, Moat, Murrayburn, Parkhead, Shandon and Sighthill. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, in 2007 these wards were replaced with new wards which were not aligned with the constituency boundaries. Further minor changes were made to ward boundaries in 2017.
Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency boundaries were virtually unchanged and comprise the following wards or part wards of the City of Edinburgh Council: [3][4]
- The bulk of the Pentland Hills ward - excluding Ratho and surrounding rural areas;
- a small part of the Drum Brae/Gyle ward;
- the bulk of the Sighthill/Gorgie ward - excluding the Saughton area;
- the majority of the Colinton/Fairmilehead - excluding the Fairmilehead area;
- the whole of the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart ward;
- two small areas of the Morningside ward; and
- the southwestern part of the City Centre, including the West End and Tollcross areas.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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2005 | Alistair Darling | Labour | |
2015 | Joanna Cherry | SNP | |
2024 | Scott Arthur | Labour |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Scott Arthur | 18,663 | 40.9 | +26.6 | |
SNP | Joanna Cherry | 12,446 | 27.3 | −20.3 | |
Conservative | Sue Webber | 5,558 | 12.2 | −12.4 | |
Scottish Green | Dan Heap | 3,450 | 7.6 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Wilson | 3,014 | 6.6 | −2.9 | |
Reform UK | Ian Harper | 2,087 | 4.6 | +3.4 | |
Scottish Family | Richard Lucas | 265 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Marc Wilkinson | 181 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,217 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,664 | 61.9 | −9.0 | ||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Joanna Cherry | 24,830 | 47.6 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Callum Laidlaw | 12,848 | 24.6 | −8.8 | |
Labour | Sophie Cooke | 7,478 | 14.3 | −12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Inglis | 4,971 | 9.5 | +5.2 | |
Scottish Green | Ben Parker | 1,265 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Brexit Party | David Ballantine | 625 | 1.2 | N/A | |
SDP | Mev Brown | 114 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,982 | 23.0 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,131 | 70.9 | +1.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Joanna Cherry | 17,575 | 35.6 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | Miles Briggs | 16,478 | 33.4 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Foysol Choudhury | 13,213 | 26.8 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aisha Mir | 2,124 | 4.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 1,097 | 2.2 | −13.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,390 | 69.4 | −2.1 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | -10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Joanna Cherry | 22,168 | 43.0 | +30.8 | |
Labour | Ricky Henderson | 14,033 | 27.2 | −15.6 | |
Conservative | Gordon Lindhurst | 10,444 | 20.2 | −4.1 | |
Scottish Green | Richard Doherty | 1,965 | 3.8 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Farthing-Sykes | 1,920 | 3.7 | −14.3 | |
UKIP | Richard Lucas | 1,072 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,135 | 15.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,602 | 71.5 | +3.0 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +23.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alistair Darling | 19,473 | 42.8 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Jason Rust | 11,026 | 24.3 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim McKay | 8,194 | 18.0 | −3.1 | |
SNP | Kaukab Stewart | 5,530 | 12.2 | +1.6 | |
Scottish Green | Clare Cooney | 872 | 1.9 | −1.6 | |
Scottish Socialist | Colin Fox | 319 | 0.7 | −0.6 | |
Communist League | Caroline Bellamy | 48 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,447 | 18.5 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,462 | 68.5 | +3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Alistair Darling | 17,476 | 39.8 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Buchan | 10,234 | 23.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Clark | 9,252 | 21.1 | ||
SNP | Nick Elliott-Cannon | 4,654 | 10.6 | ||
Scottish Green | John Blair-Fish | 1,520 | 3.5 | ||
Scottish Socialist | Pat Smith | 585 | 1.3 | ||
UKIP | William Boys | 205 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 7,242 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 43,926 | 65.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Specific
- ^ "Edinburgh South West: Seat Details". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Fifth Periodical Review". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 21 September 2007.
- ^ 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
- ^ "Edinburgh South West results". BBC News. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary General Election 2024 Edinburgh South West Constituency". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary General Election – 12 December 2019". The City of Edinburgh Council. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Edinburgh South West parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Who you can vote for: UK Parliamentary General Election 8 June 2017 candidates". City of Edinburgh Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Council, The City of Edinburgh. "UK Parliamentary election results 2015 | The City of Edinburgh Council". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- General
External links
[edit]- Edinburgh South West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Edinburgh South West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK