Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh Western | |
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burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 85,095 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
MSP | Alex Cole-Hamilton |
Council area | City of Edinburgh |
Created from | Edinburgh West |
Edinburgh Western is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The constituency was created in 2011, when it replaced the re-drawn Edinburgh West constituency.
Electoral region[]
The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh.
The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area[]
The City of Edinburgh is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.
The Edinburgh West constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.[2]
For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Edinburgh West was redrawn and renamed "Edinburgh Western". The electoral wards used in this seat are:[3]
- In full: Almond, Drum Brae/Gyle
- In part: Forth, Inverleith (shared with Edinburgh Northern and Leith), Corstorphine/Murrayfield (shared with Edinburgh Central)
Members of the Scottish Parliament[]
As Edinburgh Western
Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Colin Keir | SNP | |
2016 | Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrats |
Election results[]
2020s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton[a] | 25,578 | 54.7 | 12.8 | 11,923 | 25.5 | 4.6 | |
SNP | Sarah Masson | 15,693 | 33.5 | 0.9 | 14,409 | 30.7 | 1.4 | |
Conservative | Sue Webber | 2,798 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 9,350 | 20.0 | 5.6 | |
Labour | Margaret Graham | 2,515 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5,140 | 11.0 | 0.6 | |
Green | 4,101 | 8.7 | 1.8 | |||||
Alba | 614 | 1.3 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 240 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Animal Welfare | 237 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 227 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Libertarian | Daniel Fraser | 201 | 0.4 | New | 107 | 0.2 | New | |
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 94 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance | 90 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 86 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |||||
Reform UK | 64 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Communist | 44 | 0.1 | New | |||||
UKIP | 42 | 0.1 | 1.4 | |||||
Independent | Ashley Graczyk | 27 | 0.1 | New | ||||
SDP | 25 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Renew | 9 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 9,885 | 21.1 | 13.7 | |||||
Valid Votes | 46,785 | 46,829 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 116 | 67 | ||||||
Turnout | 46,901 | 71.5 | 6.8 | 46,895 | 71.5 | 6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.9 | ||||||
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2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 16,645 | 41.9 | 14.1 | 8,321 | 20.9 | 9.0 | |
SNP | Toni Giugliano | 13,685 | 34.4 | 1.4 | 12,835 | 32.2 | 5.9 | |
Conservative | Sandy Batho | 5,686 | 14.3 | 0.8 | 10,199 | 25.6 | 10.8 | |
Labour | Cat Headley | 3,750 | 9.4 | 12.0 | 4,624 | 11.6 | 5.9 | |
Green | 2,760 | 6.9 | 1.8 | |||||
UKIP | 594 | 1.5 | 0.7 | |||||
Women's Equality | 309 | 0.8 | New | |||||
RISE | 115 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 101 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||||
Majority | 2,960 | 7.5 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 39,766 | 39,858 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 124 | 55 | ||||||
Turnout | 39,890 | 64.7 | 5.0 | 39,913 | 64.7 | 5.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | Swing | |||||||
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Colin Keir | 11,965 | 35.8 | N/A | 12,747 | 38.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Smith[a] | 9,276 | 27.7 | N/A | 3,988 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Lesley Hinds | 7,164 | 21.4 | N/A | 5,870 | 17.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gordon Lindhurst | 5,047 | 15.1 | N/A | 4,952 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Margo MacDonald[a] | 2,707 | 8.1 | N/A | ||||
Green | 1,728 | 5.2 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 424 | 1.3 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 268 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 200 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Liberal | 156 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 131 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 92 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 92 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 66 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 28 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Ken O'Neil | 12 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Independent | Mev Brown | 6 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Independent | David Hogg | 6 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Majority | 2,689 | 7.9 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 33,452 | 33,473 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 152 | 99 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,604 | 59.6 | N/A | 33,572 | 59.6 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 138. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Constituencies A-Z | Edinburgh Western, BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
- ^ "Edinburgh Western constituency results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh Western regional results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh Western MSP Constituency Reults". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Lothian regional results". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Western MSP Constituency Results 2011". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "2011 Results of Regional List". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links[]
- "Edinburgh Western constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
- Constituencies in Edinburgh
- 2011 establishments in Scotland
- Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
- Constituencies established in 2011
- Corstorphine