Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Edinburgh South West
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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Location within Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Edinburgh
Major settlements Wester Hailes, Bonaly, Balerno, Gorgie
Current constituency
Created 2005
Member of Parliament Scott Arthur (Labour)
Created from Edinburgh Pentlands and Edinburgh Central

Edinburgh South West is a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used at the 2005 UK general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Scott Arthur of the Labour Party.

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Constituency profile

Edinburgh South West covers a south western portion of the city around the Lanark Road. It has an urban north east including Gorgie and Slateford, and a suburban centre including Wester Hailes. The southwest part is rural and extends into the Pentland Hills.

The seat is left-leaning and pro-EU, with wealthier residents than the UK average. [1]

Boundaries

Edinburgh South West is one of five constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area. All are entirely within the city council area.

Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area had been covered by six constituencies and, of the six, there was one, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, which straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area, to include Musselburgh.

Edinburgh South West is mostly a replacement for the former Edinburgh Pentlands constituency, but excludes some of the east of that constituency. Also, it includes a south western portion of the former Edinburgh Central constituency. [2] The Scottish Parliament uses different boundaries. Edinburgh South West is mostly contained within the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency for elections to the Scottish Parliament, with some parts of the north and east of the seat being located in the constituencies of Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.

The constituency comprises the following wards of the City of Edinburgh Council which were used in elections to the council at the time of the constituency's first contest in 2005: Balerno, Baberton, Colinton, Craiglockhart, Dalry, Firrhill, Fountainbridge, Moat, Murrayburn, Parkhead, Shandon and Sighthill. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, these wards were replaced with new wards in 2007. Current ward boundaries are not aligned with the constituency boundaries.

The boundary was adjusted for the 2024 general election by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies to include parts of the following wards of the City of Edinburgh:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2005 Alistair Darling Labour
2015 Joanna Cherry SNP
2024 Scott Arthur Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Edinburgh South West [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scott Arthur 18,663 40.9 +26.6
SNP Joanna Cherry 12,44627.3−20.3
Conservative Sue Webber 5,55812.2−12.4
Scottish Green Dan Heap3,4507.6+5.2
Liberal Democrats Bruce Wilson3,0146.6−2.9
Reform UK Ian Harper2,0874.6+3.4
Scottish Family Richard Lucas2650.6N/A
Independent Marc Wilkinson1810.4N/A
Majority6,21713.6
Turnout 45,66461.9
Labour gain from SNP Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 general election: Edinburgh South West [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Joanna Cherry 24,830 47.6 +12.0
Conservative Callum Laidlaw12,84824.6−8.8
Labour Sophie Cooke7,47814.3−12.5
Liberal Democrats Tom Inglis4,9719.5+5.2
Scottish Green Ben Parker1,2652.4N/A
Brexit Party David Ballantine6251.2N/A
SDP Mev Brown1140.2N/A
Majority11,98223.0−20.8
Turnout 52,13170.9−1.5
SNP hold Swing -10.4
2017 general election: Edinburgh South West [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Joanna Cherry 17,575 35.6 −7.4
Conservative Miles Briggs 16,47833.4+13.2
Labour Foysol Choudhury 13,21326.8−0.4
Liberal Democrats Aisha Mir2,1244.3+0.6
Majority1,0972.2−13.6
Turnout 49,39069.4−2.1
SNP hold Swing -10.2
2015 general election: Edinburgh South West [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Joanna Cherry 22,168 43.0 +30.8
Labour Ricky Henderson14,03327.2−15.6
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 10,44420.2−4.1
Scottish Green Richard Doherty1,9653.8+1.9
Liberal Democrats Daniel Farthing-Sykes1,9203.7−14.3
UKIP Richard Lucas1,0722.1N/A
Majority8,13515.8N/A
Turnout 51,60271.5−3.0
SNP gain from Labour Swing +23.2
2010 general election: Edinburgh South West [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alistair Darling 19,473 42.8 +3.0
Conservative Jason Rust11,02624.3−1.0
Liberal Democrats Tim McKay8,19418.0−3.1
SNP Kaukab Stewart 5,53012.2+1.6
Scottish Green Clare Cooney8721.9−1.6
Scottish Socialist Colin Fox 3190.7−0.6
Communist League Caroline Bellamy480.1N/A
Majority8,44718.5−2.0
Turnout 45,46268.5−3.1
Labour hold Swing -1.0

Elections in the 2000s

2005 general election: Edinburgh South West [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alistair Darling 17,476 39.8
Conservative Gordon Buchan10,23423.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Clark9,25221.1
SNP Nick Elliott-Cannon4,65410.6
Scottish Green John Blair-Fish1,5203.5
Scottish Socialist Pat Smith5851.3
UKIP William Boys2050.5
Majority7,24216.5
Turnout 43,92665.4
Labour win (new seat)

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