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Encyclopedia > Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh West in Scotland

Edinburgh West has been a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1885. The constituency was formed by the division of the former Edinburgh constituency. A similar constituency, also called Edinburgh West, is used for the Scottish Parliament. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... 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 unicameral 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 (Mòr-bhaile Dhùn Èideann in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ...

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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

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Election results

General Election 2005: Edinburgh West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Barrett 22,417 49.5% +11.2
Conservative David Brogan 8,817 19.5% -2.2
Labour Navraj Singh Ghaleigh 8,433 18.6% -7.9
SNP Sheena Cleland 4,124 9.1% -1.6
Scottish Green Ailsa Spindler 964 2.1% +2.1
SSP Gary Clark 510 1.1% -1.0
Majority 13600 30.0%
Turnout 45,265 68.9 +5.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.7
General Election 2001: Edinburgh West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Barrett 16,719 42.4 -0.9
Labour Elspeth Alexandra 9,130 23.1 +4.3
Conservative Iain Whyte 8,894 22.5 -5.4
SNP Alyn Smith 4,047 10.3 +1.4
SSP Bill Scott 688 1.7 N/A
Majority 7,589 19.3
Turnout 39,478 63.2 -14.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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Politics and history of the constituency

See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (192 words)
Edinburgh West has been a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1885.
The constituency was formed by the division of the former Edinburgh constituency.
A similar constituency, also called Edinburgh West, is used for the Scottish Parliament.
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (9707 words)
In Edinburgh South, the details of the Scottish Parliamentary constituency (which has slightly different boundaries to the UK one) have been moved to Edinburgh South (Scottish Parliament constituency).
In Scotland constituencies are based on the subdivisions of Scotland, for Wales, the preserved counties of Wales and in England the ceremonial counties of England.
Because there may be constituencies in Canada or elsewhere, past present or future, that clash with UK ones, using the full "(UK Parliament constituency)" disambiguator would give us peace of mind that there aren't any clashes that we don't know about.
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