Edinburgh Central is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament. Until 2005, it was also a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The area is now split between Edinburgh East, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh South West and Edinburgh West. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national legislature of Scotland. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...

The constituency covers the city centre of Edinburgh, including the Old Town, the West End, Holyrood, Murrayfield, and the surrounding area. Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... The name Holyrood may refer to: the official seat of the Scottish Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament Building Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh one of the areas of Edinburgh Holyrood is an anglicisation of the Scots haly ruid (holy cross). ... Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (capacity 67,500) is the home of Scottish Rugby and a name known throughout the rugby world. ...

MPs

• Labour (1918-1931)
• Conservative (1931-1945)
• Andrew Gilzean, Labour (1945-1951)
• Thomas Oswald, Labour (1951-1974)
• Robin Cook, Labour (1974-1983)
• Alex Fletcher, Conservative (1983-1987)
• Alastair Darling, Labour (1987-2005)

The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Robert Finlayson Cook MP , known as Robin Cook, (born February 28, 1946) is a British Labour Party politician, who was Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Right Honourable Alistair Darling (born November 28, 1953) is a British politician for the Labour Party, and is Secretary of State for Transport and separately Secretary of State for Scotland He entered Parliament in 1987 as MP for Edinburgh Central. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

MSPs

• Sarah Boyack, Labour (1999-)