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 unicameral legislature of Scotland. ... 2005(MMV) 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). ... Edinburgh East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. ... Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. ... Edinburgh West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. ...

The constituency covers the city centre of Edinburgh, including the Old Town, the West End, Holyrood, Murrayfield, and the surrounding area. Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Edinburghs location in Scotland 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 Holyrood Park near Edinburgh, facing the palace 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. ...

From 1925 until 1999 the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central was an ex officio member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland. Since 1999, that role has been taken by the MSP for Edinburgh Central. The National Library of Scotland is a legal deposit library in Scotland. ...

MPs

• 1885 John Wilson
• 1886 William McEwan
• 1900 George Mackenzie Brown
• 1906 Charles Edward Price
• 1918 William Graham Labour
• 1931 James Campbell Morrison Guy Conservative
• 1941 Francis Clifford Watt Conservative
• 1945 Andrew Gilzean Labour
• 1951 Thomas Oswald Labour
• 1974 Robin Cook Labour
• 1983 Alex Fletcher Conservative
• 1987 Alastair Darling Labour

The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Robin Cook, December 1997 The Right Honourable Robert Finlayson Cook usually called Robin Cook (February 28, 1946, Bellshill – August 6, 2005, Inverness), was a politician in the British Labour Party. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-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 the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...

MSPs

• Sarah Boyack, Labour (1999-)