Edinburgh South (constituency, UK)

This article covers the constituency for the UK Parliament. For the constituency for the Scottish Parliament, see Edinburgh Southern (Constituency, Scotland) .

Edinburgh South
Educated
1885
MP
Ian Murray ( Labor )
Regions
Edinburgh

Edinburgh South is a constituency for the British House of Commons . It was created in 1885 and covers the southern areas of the Edinburgh Council Area . The constituency sends a representative.

Before the elections in 1997, Edinburgh was divided into six constituencies, one of which, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, also included the city of Musselburgh in neighboring East Lothian . In the course of the electoral reform in 2005, the number of constituencies in Edinburgh was reduced to five, but they only cover the Council Area itself. Since then, the area covered is no longer identical to the Edinburgh Southern constituency for the Scottish Parliament .

Election results

General election 1885

Results of the general election in 1885
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	George Harrison	4273	59.8
Liberal	Thomas Raleigh	2874	40.2

By-elections 1886

With the death of George Harrison, by-elections became necessary in the constituency of Edinburgh South.

Results of the 1886 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Hugh Childers	4029	70.0
Conservative	Walter George Hepburne-Scott	1730	30.0

General election 1886

Results of the general election in 1886
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Hugh Childers	3778	63.3
Liberal Unionist	Robert Purvis	2191	36.7

General election 1892

Results of the general election in 1892
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Herbert Woodfield Paul	4692	52.4	−10.9
Liberal Unionist	Lewis McIver	4261	47.6	+10.9

General election 1895

Results of the general election in 1895
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Unionist	Robert Cox	4802	50.5	+2.9
Liberal	Herbert Woodfield Paul	4705	49.5	−2.9

By-elections 1899

With the death of Robert Cox, by-elections were required in the Edinburgh South constituency.

Results of the 1899 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Arthur Dewar	5820	53.8
Conservative	Andrew Gilbert Wauchope	4989	46.2

General election 1900

Results of the general election in 1900
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal Unionist	Andrew Agnew	5766	50.5
Liberal	Arthur Dewar	5655	49.5

General election 1906

Results of the 1906 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Arthur Dewar	8945	63.8
Conservative	William C. Smith	5085	36.2

General election January 1910

Results of the general election January 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Arthur Dewar	10,235	56.4	−3.6
Conservative	Harold B. Cox	7901	43.6	+3.6

By-elections 1910

With his appointment to the Senator of the College of Justice Arthur Dewar gave back his mandate, which in the constituency of Edinburgh South by-elections were necessary.

Results of the 1910 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Charles Henry Lyell	8694	57.7
Liberal Unionist	Ralph Glyn	6367	42.3

General election December 1910

Results of the general election December 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Charles Henry Lyell	9576	54.8
Conservative	Charles Murray	7986	45.2

By-elections 1917

After Charles Henry Lyell resigned his seat in 1917, by-elections were held in the constituency on May 12th. The liberal Edward Parrott received the mandate unopposed.

General election 1918

Results of the general election in 1918
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Charles Murray	14,874	75.0	+29.8
Liberal	David Caird	4966	25.0	−29.8

By-elections in 1920

With the appointment of Charles David Murray as Solicitor General , by-elections were scheduled in the constituency of Edinburgh South.

Results of the 1920 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Charles Murray	11,176	57.7	−17.2
Liberal	Daniel Turner Holmes	8177	42.3	+17.2

General election 1922

Results of the general election in 1922
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Samuel Chapman	14,843	66.7	+9.0
National Liberal	Catherine Alderton	7408	33.3	−9.0

General election 1923

Results of the general election in 1923
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Samuel Chapman	12,504	55.1	−11.6
Liberal	W. Hope	10.194	44.9	+11.6

General election 1924

Results of the general election in 1924
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Samuel Chapman	15,854	64.4	+9.3
Liberal	David Cleghorn Thomson	8777	35.6	−9.3

General election 1929

Results of the 1929 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
unionist	Samuel Chapman	19,541	56.7	−7.7
Liberal	Arthur Pillan's Laurie	9849	28.6	−7.0
Labor	Arthur Woodburn	5050	14.7	+14.7

General election 1931

Samuel Chapman held his mandate unopposed.

General election 1935

Results of the general election in 1935
Political party	candidate	be right	%
unionist	Samuel Chapman	27,254	83.6
Labor	B. Woodburn	5365	16.4

General election 1945

Results of the general election in 1945
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Unionist Party	William Darling	23,652	70.8	−12.8
Labor	WP Earsman	9767	29.2	+12.8

General election 1950

Results of the general election in 1950
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Unionist Party	William Darling	23,652	65.0	−5.8
Labor	WP Earsman	8725	24.6	−4.6
Liberal	Lionel Henry Daiches	3699	10.4	+10.4

General election 1951

Results of the general election in 1951
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Unionist Party	William Darling	26,545	72.6	+7.6
Labor	YES Forsyth	10,030	27.4	+2.8

General election 1955

Results of the general election in 1955
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Unionist Party	William Darling	24,836	67.5	−5.1
Labor	YES Forsyth	11,949	32.5	+5.1

By-elections 1957

Results of the 1957 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Unionist Party	Michael Clark Hutchison	14,421	45.6	−21.9
Labor	YES Forsyth	9781	30.9	−1.6
Liberal	William Douglas Home	7439	23.5	+23.5

General election 1959

Results of the general election in 1959
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Unionist Party	Michael Clark Hutchison	22,799	57.6	+12.0
Labor	AD Reid	11,285	28.5	−2.4
Liberal	William Douglas Home	5505	13.9	−9.6

General election 1964

Results of the 1964 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Unionist Party	Michael Clark Hutchison	21,375	53.2	−4.4
Labor	JW Kerr	13,555	33.7	+5.2
Liberal	RH Guild	5272	13.1	−0.8

General election 1966

Results of the 1966 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Michael Clark Hutchison	20,820	53.2	± 0.0
Labor	JW Kerr	15,487	39.5	+5.8
SNP	HM Robertson	2856	7.3	+7.3

General election 1970

Results of the 1970 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Michael Clark Hutchison	19,851	48.1	−5.1
Labor	J. Henderson	15,071	36.5	−3.0
Liberal	RH Guild	3469	8.4	+8.4
SNP	DJ Stevenson	2861	6.9	−0.4

General election February 1974

Results of the February 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Michael Clark Hutchison	18,784	41.7	−6.4
Labor	TJ Davies	12,403	27.5	−9.0
Liberal	N. Gordon	8073	17.9	+9.5
SNP	R. Shirley	5770	12.8	+5.9

General election October 1974

Results of the October 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Michael Clark Hutchison	14,962	35.9	−5.8
Labor	C. Haddow	11,736	28.2	+0.7
SNP	R. Shirley	9034	21.7	+8.9
Liberal	NL Gordon	5921	14.2	−3.7

General election 1979

Results of the 1979 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Michael Ancram	17,986	39.7	+3.8
Labor	Gordon Brown	15,526	34.3	+6.1
Liberal	JPB Lovell	7400	16.4	+2.2
SNP	R. Shirley	3800	8.4	−13.3
Ecology	SM Biggar	552	1.2	+1.2

General election 1983

Results of the 1983 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Michael Ancram	16,485	36.8	−2.9
SDP	J. Godfrey	12,830	28.6	+28.6
Labor	R. McCreadie	12,824	28.6	−5.7
SNP	James A. McGugan	2256	5.0	−3.4
Ecology	L. Hendry	450	1.0	−0.2

General election 1987

Results of the 1987 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Nigel Griffiths	18,211	37.7	+9.1
Conservative	Michael Ancram	16,352	33.8	−3.0
SDP	DA Graham	10,900	22.5	−6.1
SNP	R. Moore	2455	5.1	+0.1
Ecology	R. Clark	440	0.9	−0.1

General election 1992

Results of the general election in 1992
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Nigel Griffiths	18,485	41.5	+3.8
Conservative	Struan Stevenson	14.309	32.1	−1.7
Liberal Democrats	Bob McCreadie	5961	13.4	+13.4
SNP	Roger Knox	5727	12.8	+7.7
Natural Law	George Manclark	108	0.2	+0.2

General election 1997

Results of the 1997 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Nigel Griffiths	20,993	46.8	+5.3
Conservative	Elizabeth Smith	9541	21.3	−10.9
Liberal Democrats	Mike Pringle	7911	17.6	+4.2
SNP	John Hargreaves	5791	12.9	+0.1
Referendum party	Ian McLean	504	1.1	+1.1
Natural Law	Ian McLean	98	0.2	± 0.0

General election 2001

Results of the 2001 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Nigel Griffiths	15,671	42.2	−4.6
Liberal Democrats	Marilyne MacLaren	10.172	27.4	+9.8
Conservative	Gordon Buchan	6127	16.6	−4.7
SNP	Heather Williams	3683	9.9	−3.0
Socialist	Colin Fox	933	2.5	+2.5
Legalize cannabis	Margaret Hendry	535	1.4	+1.4

General election 2005

Results of the general election 2005
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Nigel Griffiths	14,188	33.2	−9.0
Liberal Democrats	Marilyne MacLaren	13,783	32.3	+4.9
Conservative	Gavin Brown	10,291	24.1	+7.5
SNP	Graham Sutherland	2635	6.2	−3.7
Green	Steve Burgess	1387	3.3	+3.3
Socialist	Morag Robertson	414	1.0	−1.5

General election 2010

Results of the 2010 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Ian Murray	15,215	34.7	+1.5
Liberal Democrats	Fred Mackintosh	14,899	34.0	+1.7
Conservative	Neil Hudson	9452	21.6	−2.5
SNP	Sandy Howat	3354	7.7	+1.5
Green	Steve Burgess	881	2.0	−1.3

General election 2015

Results of the general election 2015
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Ian Murray	19,293	39.1	+4.4
SNP	Neil Hay	16,656	33.8	+26.1
Conservative	Miles Briggs	8626	17.5	−4.1
Green	Phyl Meyer	2090	4.2	+2.2
Liberal Democrats	Pramod Subbaraman	1823	3.7	−30.3
UKIP	Paul Marshall	601	1.2	+1.2
SSP	Colin Fox	197	0.4	+0.4

General election 2017

Results of the 2017 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Ian Murray	26,269	54.9	+15.8
SNP	Jim Eadie	10,755	22.5	−11.3
Conservative	Stephanie Smith	9428	19.7	+2.2
Liberal Democrats	Alan Beal	1388	2.9	−0.8

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ↑ ^{a b} Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1886, p. 188.
3. ^ Liberal Year Book 1892
4. ^ Mansons' Shetland Almanac and Directory for 1893. Vol. 2, 1893, p. 18 .
5. ↑ ^{a b} Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1902, p. 194. ( Memento from April 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Results of the general election in 1900
7. ↑ ^{a b} Result of the general election in 1906
8. ↑ ^{a b} Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 210.
9. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1918, p. 216.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1922, p. 208.
11. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1926, p. 264.
12. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1924, p. 246.
13. ↑ The Constitutional Yearbook 1934, p. 244.
14. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1939, p. 202.
15. ↑ Results of the 1931 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ Results of the general election in 1935 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ^ Results of the lower house elections in 1945 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1950 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1951 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1955 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
21. ↑ The Yearbook for Scotland 1967, p. 121.
22. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1959 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ Results of the 1964 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
24. ↑ Results of the 1966 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ↑ Results of the 1970 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
26. ↑ Results of the February 1974 general election ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
27. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in October 1974 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
28. ^ Results of the 1979 general election
29. ^ Results of the general election in 1983
30. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1987 ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
31. ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
32. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 1997 and 2001 ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
33. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
34. ↑ Results of the 2010 general election ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
35. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 2015