Edinburgh Central (constituency, Scotland)

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Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh Central

Lothian

Educated
1999
MP
Ruth Davidson ( Conservative )

Ruth Davidson

Regions
Edinburgh

Edinburgh Central is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was founded in 1999 as one of nine constituencies of the election region Lothians introduced, as part of the revision of constituencies again cut in 2011 and in Lothian has been renamed. The Edinburgh Central constituency comprises central and western areas of the city of Edinburgh . As part of the constituency revision, Edinburgh Central was redesigned ahead of the 2011 general election . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​16.7 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 83,867 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Sarah Boyack 14,224 38.0
SNP Ian McKee 9598 25.7
Liberal Democrats Andy Myles 6187 16.5
Conservative Jacqui Low 6018 16.1
Socialist Labor Party Kevin Williamson 830 2.2 37412
Non-party Brian Allingham 364 1.0
Non-party William Wallace 191 0.5

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Sarah Boyack 9066 32.4 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Andy Myles 6400 22.9 +6.4
SNP Kevin Pringle 4965 17.7 −8.0
Conservative Peter Finnie 4802 17.1 +1.0
Socialist Catriona Grant 2552 9.1 +6.9
Scottish Peoples Alliance James O'Neill 229 0.8 +0.8
Turnout: 28,014 (46.06%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Sarah Boyack 9155 31.3 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Mathers 7962 27.1 +4.2
SNP Shirley-Anne Somerville 7496 25.5 +7.8
Conservative Fiona Houston 4783 16.3 −0.8
Turnout: 29,396 (52.54%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Marco Biagi 9480 32.7 +7.2
Labor Sarah Boyack 9243 31.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton 5937 20.5 −6.6
Conservative Iain McGill 4354 15.0 −1.3
Turnout: 29,014 (54.12%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative Ruth Davidson 10,399 30.4 +15.4
SNP Alison Dickie 9,789 28.6 −4.0
Labor Sarah Boyack 7,546 22.1 −9.8
Scottish Green Allison Johnstone 4,644 13.6 +13.6
Liberal Democrats Hannah Bettsworth 1,672 9.9 −15.6
Scottish Libertarian Tom Laird 119 0.3 +0.3
Turnout: (57.3%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament