Edinburgh Western

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Edinburgh Western
Edinburgh Western

Lothian

Educated
1999
MP
Alex Cole-Hamilton ( Liberal Democrats )
Regions
Edinburgh

Edinburgh Western is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was founded in 1999 under the name Edinburgh West as one of nine constituencies of the election region Lothians introduced. In the course of the revision of the electoral regions in 2011, the Lothians region was redesigned and renamed Lothian . The borders of Edinburgh West were redrawn and the constituency renamed Edinburgh Western . The constituency includes the western areas and suburbs of Edinburgh and sends one MP.

The constituency covers an area of ​​81.2 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 75,794 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith 15.161 36.5
Conservative James Douglas-Hamilton 10,570 25.4
Labor Carol Fox 8860 21.3
SNP Graham Sutherland 6984 16.8

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith 14,434 43.3 +6.8
Conservative James Douglas-Hamilton 8520 25.6 +0.2
Labor Carol Fox 5046 15.2 −6.1
SNP Alyn Smith 4133 12.4 −4.4
Socialist Pat Smith 993 3.0 +3.0
Scottish Peoples Alliance Bruce Skivington 175 0.5 +0.5
Turnout: 33,301 (55.38%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith 13,677 39.4 −3.9
SNP Sheena Cleland 7791 22.4 +10.0
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 7361 21.2 −4.4
Labor Richard Meade 5343 15.4 +0.2
Non-party John Wilson 580 1.7 +1.7
Turnout: 34,752 (58.10%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Colin Keir 11,965 35.8 +13.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith 9276 27.7 −11.7
Labor Lesley Hinds 7164 21.4 +6.0
Conservative Gordon Lindhurst 5047 15.1 −6.1
Turnout: 33,452 (59.38%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton 16,645 41.9 +14.1
SNP Toni Giugliano 13,685 34.4 −1.4
Conservative Sandy Batho 5,686 14.3 −0.8
Labor Cat Headley 3,750 9.4 −12.0
Turnout: 39,766 (64.5%)

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