Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh South West
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Edinburgh South West in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Edinburgh
Current constituency
Created 2005
Member of parliament Joanna Cherry (SNP)
Created from Edinburgh Pentlands and Edinburgh Central
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Scotland

Edinburgh South West is a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), first used in the 2005 general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

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.[1] 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.

Edinburgh South West covers a south western portion of the city area. It has an urban north east and a suburban centre. The remainder is rural, and runs into the Pentland Hills in the south. The constituency comprises the following wards of the City of Edinburgh Council which were used in elections to the council at the time of the constituency's first contest in 2005: Balerno, Baberton, Colinton, Craiglockhart, Dalry, Firrhill, Fountainbridge, Moat, Murrayburn, Parkhead, Shandon and Sighthill. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, these wards were replaced with new wards in 2007. Current ward boundaries are not aligned with the constituency boundaries.

Member of Parliament

ElectionMember Party
2005 Alistair Darling Labour
2015 Joanna Cherry SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Edinburgh South West[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SNP Joanna Cherry[4] 22,168 43.0 +30.8
Labour Ricky Henderson[5] 14,033 27.2 -15.6
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst[6] 10,444 20.2 -4.0
Scottish Green Richard Doherty[7] 1,965 3.8 +1.9
Liberal Democrat Daniel Farthing-Sykes[8] 1,920 3.7 -14.3
UKIP Richard Lucas[9] 1,072 2.1 n/a
Majority 8,135 15.8
Turnout 51,602 71.5 +3.0
SNP gain from Labour Swing +23.2
General Election 2010: Edinburgh South West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alistair Darling 19,473 42.8 +3.0
Conservative Jason Rust 11,026 24.3 +1.0
Liberal Democrat 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 18.6 +2.1
Turnout 45,462 68.5 +3.5
Labour hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Edinburgh South West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alistair Darling 17,476 39.8 N/A
Conservative Gordon Buchan 10,234 23.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Simon Clark 9,252 21.1 N/A
SNP Nick Elliott-Cannon 4,654 10.6 N/A
Scottish Green John Blair-Fish 1,520 3.5 N/A
Scottish Socialist Pat Smith 585 1.3 N/A
UKIP William Boys 205 0.5 N/A
Majority 7,242 16.5
Turnout 43,926 65.4
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Fifth Periodical Review, Boundary Commission for Scotland
  2. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/1363/uk_parliamentary_election_results_2015 23Jun15
  4. ↑ SNP pin election hopes on high profile Yes campaigners
  5. ↑ https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2015/ricky-henderson-gets-labour-nomination/Ricky Henderson gets Labour nomination]
  6. ↑ Gordon Lindhurst selected for Edinburgh South West - Edinburgh Conservatives & Unionists
  7. ↑ https://twitter.comSighthillGorgie
  8. ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#Scotland
  9. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/edinburghsouthwest/
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath		 Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
2007 – 2010 		Succeeded by
Tatton

Coordinates: 55°53′00″N 3°18′32″W / 55.88333°N 3.30889°W / 55.88333; -3.30889

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