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Edinburgh West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. A similar constituency, also called Edinburgh West, is used for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The Scottish Parliament (PÃ rlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ... Edinburgh West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. ... 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 north western portion of the City of Edinburgh council area, which 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. The Craigleith ward is split with Edinburgh Central and the Pilton ward is split with Edinburgh North and Leith. The constituency is mostly suburban, but takes in the rural areas to the west of Edinburgh. City of Edinburgh (Mòr-bhaile Dhùn Èideann in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... 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. ... Craigleith is a small island in the Firth of Forth off East Lothian in Scotland. ... Edinburgh Central is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament. ... There are a number of settlements named Pilton: Pilton, Devon Pilton, Northamptonshire Pilton, Rutland Pilton, Somerset This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ...
Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothians 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 EdinburghWestconstituency was created at the same time as the ScottishParliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency.
EdinburghWest 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, and Stenhouse, part of the Craigleith ward, which is split with Edinburgh Central, and part of the Pilton ward, which is split with Edinburgh North and Leith.
Edinburgh South is a constituency of the ScottishParliament (Holyrood).
The Edinburgh South constituency was created at the same time as the ScottishParliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency.
Edinburgh South includes the wards of Alnwickhill, Gilmerton, Kaimes, Marchmont, Merchiston, Moredun, Newington, North Morningside and the Grange, Prestonfield, and Sciennes, and part of the South Morningside ward, which is split with Edinburgh Pentlands.
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