Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh West | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Edinburgh West in . | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Edinburgh |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Michelle Thomson (Independent; elected as SNP) |
Created from | Edinburgh |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Edinburgh West is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), first used in the 1885 general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Prior to the 2005 general election the constituency had the same boundaries as the Scottish Parliament constituency with the same name, which had been created in 1999. See Edinburgh West (Scottish Parliament constituency).
This commuter belt constituency, distinctively in the city, was a safe Unionist/Conservative seat for over 65 years, from the 1931 general election until the 1997 general election, after which the seat was held by the Liberal Democrats until the 2015 general election. The current MP is Michelle Thomson, who was elected as an SNP member in May 2015. In September 2015, she resigned the party whip so she currently sits as an Independent.[1]
Boundaries
The constituency was created when the Edinburgh constituency was abolished, in 1885, in favour of four new constituencies: Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West. The Central constituency was abolished in 2005. The East constituency was abolished in 1997, but a new Edinburgh East was created in 2005. The South and West constituencies have been in continuous use (with alterations to boundaries) since 1885.
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Municipal Wards of St. Andrew, St. Stephen, St. Bernard, and St. Luke.[2]
In 1918 the constituency consisted of the "Dalry, Gorgie, Haymarket and St. Bernard's Municipal Wards of Edinburgh."
Prior to the 2005 general election, Edinburgh West was one of six constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area. Five were entirely within the city council area. One, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area to take in Musselburgh.
Constituency boundaries were revised for the 2005 election. Edinburgh West was enlarged, to include an area formerly within Edinburgh Central, and became one of five constituencies covering the city area.[3]
The constituency now covers a north western portion of the city area. It is mostly suburban, but takes in rural areas within the city area, to the west of central Edinburgh. In terms of wards used in elections to the City of Edinburgh Council, 1999 to 2007, the constituency 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. These wards are due to be replaced with new wards in 2007, as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Michelle Thomson | 21,378 | 39.0 | +25.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Crockart[8] | 18,168 | 33.1 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | Lindsay Paterson[9] | 6,732 | 12.3 | -10.9 | |
Labour | Cameron Day[8] | 6,425 | 11.7 | -16.0 | |
Scottish Green | Pat Black[10] | 1,140 | 2.1 | n/a | |
UKIP | Otto Inglis[11] | 1,015 | 1.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,210 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 54,858 | 76.5 | +5.2 | ||
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +14.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Crockart | 16,684 | 35.9 | −13.6 | |
Labour | Cameron Day | 12,881 | 27.7 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Stewart Geddes | 10,767 | 23.2 | +3.7 | |
SNP | Sheena M. Cleland | 6,115 | 13.2 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 3,803 | 8.2 | -29.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,447 | 71.3 | +3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −11.4 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Andrew Barrett | 22,417 | 49.5 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | David A. Brogan | 8,817 | 19.5 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Navraj Singh Ghaleigh | 8,433 | 18.6 | −7.9 | |
SNP | Sheena M. Cleland | 4,124 | 9.1 | −1.6 | |
Scottish Green | Ailsa Spindler | 964 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Gary P. Clark | 510 | 1.1 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 13,600 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,265 | 68.9 | +5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Andrew Barrett | 16,719 | 42.4 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Mrs. 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 | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Scott | 688 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,589 | +19.3 | |||
Turnout | 39,478 | 63.2 | −14.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie | 20,578 | 43.2 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 13,325 | 28.0 | −10.2 | |
Labour | Lesley Hinds | 8,948 | 18.8 | +1.4 | |
SNP | Graham D. Sutherland | 4,210 | 8.8 | −3.7 | |
Referendum | Stephen C. Elphick | 277 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Paul N. Coombes | 263 | 0.5 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Antony C.O. Jack | 30 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,253 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 47,631 | 77.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 18,071 | 37.0 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie | 17,192 | 35.2 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Ms. Irene A. Kitson | 8,759 | 18.0 | −4.2 | |
SNP | Graham D. Sutherland | 4,117 | 8.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Alan R. Fleming | 272 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | Ms. Linda M. Hendry | 234 | 0.5 | N/A | |
BNP | David J. Bruce | 133 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 879 | 1.8 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,778 | 82.6 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 18,450 | 37.35 | ||
Liberal | DG King | 17,216 | 34.85 | ||
Labour | M McGregor | 10,957 | 22.18 | ||
SNP | N Irons | 2,774 | 5.62 | ||
Majority | 1,234 | 2.50 | |||
Turnout | 79.40 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 17,646 | 38.17 | ||
Liberal | DG King | 17,148 | 37.09 | ||
Labour | A Wood | 9,313 | 20.14 | ||
SNP | J Nicoll | 2,126 | 4.60 | ||
Majority | 498 | 1.08 | |||
Turnout | 75.73 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 19,360 | 45.44 | ||
Labour | MCB McGregor | 12,009 | 28.19 | ||
Liberal | R Callendar | 7,330 | 17.21 | ||
SNP | C Bell | 3,904 | 9.16 | ||
Majority | 7,351 | 17.25 | |||
Turnout | 77.85 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 15,354 | 38.15 | ||
Labour | WJ Taylor | 10,152 | 25.22 | ||
SNP | CM Moore | 8,135 | 20.21 | ||
Liberal | Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie | 6,606 | 16.41 | ||
Majority | 5,202 | 12.93 | |||
Turnout | 76.56 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Anthony Stodart | 18,908 | 44.21 | ||
Labour | WJ Taylor | 10,431 | 24.39 | ||
Liberal | Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie | 9,189 | 21.49 | ||
SNP | R Moore | 4,241 | 9.92 | ||
Majority | 8,477 | 19.82 | |||
Turnout | 82.18 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Anthony Stodart | 26,864 | 49.23 | ||
Labour | George Foulkes | 19,523 | 35.78 | ||
Liberal | Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie | 4,467 | 8.19 | ||
SNP | Muriel Gibson | 3,711 | 6.80 | ||
Majority | 7,341 | 13.45 | |||
Turnout | 74.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Anthony Stodart | 24,882 | 48.29 | ||
Labour | Richard Giles Douglas | 20,073 | 38.96 | ||
Liberal | James R Telfer | 6,571 | 12.75 | ||
Majority | 4,809 | 9.33 | |||
Turnout | 78.66 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Anthony Stodart | 26,298 | 50.56 | ||
Labour | James K Stocks | 18,359 | 35.30 | ||
Liberal | James R Telfer | 7,352 | 14.14 | ||
Majority | 7,939 | 15.26 | |||
Turnout | 80.91 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Anthony Stodart | 25,976 | 56.49 | ||
Labour | James K Stocks | 14,044 | 30.54 | ||
Liberal | Donald Frederick Leach | 5,962 | 12.97 | ||
Majority | 11,932 | 25.95 | |||
Turnout | 80.26 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Ian Clark Hutchison | 26,000 | 67.04 | ||
Labour | James Alexander Cuthburt Thomson | 12,784 | 32.96 | ||
Majority | 13,216 | 34.08 | |||
Turnout | 75.67 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Ian Clark Hutchison | 30,232 | 65.95 | ||
Labour | Harry S Wilson | 15,607 | 34.05 | ||
Majority | 14,625 | 31.91 | |||
Turnout | 83.12 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Ian Clark Hutchison | 26,978 | 60.03 | ||
Labour | C Morgan | 14,377 | 31.99 | ||
Liberal | Mrs. E. Walker | 3,586 | 7.98 | ||
Majority | 12,601 | 28.04 | |||
Turnout | 82.79 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Ian Clark Hutchison | 19,894 | 47.38 | ||
Labour | Gordon Stott | 18,840 | 44.87 | ||
Liberal | John Gibson Thomson | 3,256 | 7.75 | ||
Majority | 1,054 | 2.51 | |||
Turnout | 67.68 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Ian Clark Hutchison | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Rt Hon. Thomas Mackay Cooper | 28,023 | 67.01 | ||
Labour | James C. Welsh | 13,794 | 32.99 | ||
Majority | 14,229 | 34.03 | |||
Turnout | 69.10 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Thomas Mackay Cooper | 16,373 | 53.0 | ||
Labour | W McAdam | 10,462 | 33.9 | ||
Liberal | Sir George Paish | 4,059 | 13.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,911 | ||||
Turnout | 51.2 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Wilfrid Guild Normand | 31,407 | 71.20 | ||
Labour | George Mathers | 12,704 | 28.80 | ||
Majority | 18,703 | 42.40 | |||
Turnout | 79.18 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Mathers | 15,959 | 38.6 | +5.5 | |
Unionist | Wilfrid Guild Normand | 12,966 | 31.7 | -4.9 | |
Liberal | Henry Vivian Phillipps | 12,126 | 29.7 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 2,993 | 6.9 | 10.4 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Ian Macintyre | 10,628 | 36.6 | ||
Labour | George Mathers | 9,603 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal | Henry Vivian Phillipps | 8,790 | 30.3 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Vivian Phillipps | 11,010 | 41.3 | -10.1 | |
Unionist | Ian Macintyre | 8,778 | 33.0 | -15.6 | |
Labour | George Mathers | 6,836 | 25.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,232 | 8.3 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 74.4 | -5.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Vivian Phillipps | 12,355 | 51.4 | +16.9 | |
Unionist | John Gordon Jameson | 11,689 | 48.6 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 666 | 2.8 | 19.1 | ||
Turnout | 68.9 | +15.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.6 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Gordon Jameson | 9,144 | |||
Liberal | Sir Edward Parrott | 6,166 | |||
Labour | John Alexander Young | 2,622 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | James Avon Clyde | 4,952 | |||
Liberal | John Hartman Morgan | 4,252 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | James Avon Clyde | 4,683 | |||
Liberal | Charles Henry Lyell | 4,233 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Sir Lewis McIver | 3,949 | 52.0 | ||
Liberal | Rt Hon. Leonard Courtney | 3,643 | 48.0 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Sir Lewis McIver | 4,180 | |||
Liberal | E. Adam | 2,645 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Sir Lewis McIver | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Viscount Wolmer | 3,728 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Ryburn Buchanan | 3,216 | |||
Registered electors | 8,236 | ||||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Ryburn Buchanan | 3,294 | 50.4 | n/a | |
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Raleigh | 3,248 | 49.6 | -6.7 | |
Majority | 46 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 84.4 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Ryburn Buchanan | 3,083 | 56.3 | n/a | |
Liberal | Robert Wallace | 2,393 | 43.7 | - | |
Majority | 690 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 72.4 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Ryburn Buchanan | 3,083 | 59.1 | n/a | |
Conservative | George Auldjo Jamieson | 2,625 | 40.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,175 | 18.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
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