Edinburgh West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. A similar constituency, also called Edinburgh West, is used for the Scottish Parliament. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... 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 West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ... The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national legislature of Scotland. ...

The constituency covers the north western portion of the City of Edinburgh council area. It is mostly suburban, but takes in the rural areas to the west of Edinburgh. City of Edinburgh (Baile Dhùn Eideann in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ...

Boundaries

It includes the wards of Cramond, Dalmeny and Kirkliston, Davidson's Mains, East Craigs, Gyle, Muirhouse and Drylaw, Murrayfield, North East Corstorphine, Queensferry, South East Corstorphine, Stenhouse. Cramond is a village built on the east side of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth forming a natural harbour, now a suburb of Edinburgh. ... Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (capacity 67,500) is the home of Scottish Rugby and a name known throughout the rugby world. ... South Queensferry, originally a Royal Burgh in West Lothian is now part of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

Member of Parliament

• 1909 - 1918: James Avon Clyde
• 1929 - 1931: George Mathers, Liberal
• 1931 - 1935: Wilfrid Guild Normand, Conservative
• 1935 - 1941: Thomas Mackay Cooper, Conservative
• 1941 - 1959: Ian Clark Hutchison, Conservative
• 1959 - 1974: James Anthony Stodart, Conservative
• 1974 - 1997: James Douglas-Hamilton, Conservative
• 1997 - 2001: Donald Gorrie, Liberal Democrat
• 2001 - present: John Barrett, Liberal Democrat

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Election results

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Politics and history of the constituency