BBC Profile:
Sir William Darling, a former Lord Provost of Edinburgh, held this seat for the Conservatives from 1945 until his resignation in 1957. (Sir William's great-nephew is the Labour MP Alistair Darling). Michael Hutchison replaced Sir William at the resulting by-election, and held the seat until his retirement in 1979 when Michael Ancram, the son of the 12th Marquess of Lothian, retained the constituency for the Conservatives.
Michael Ancram lost the seat at the 1987 general election to Labour's Nigel Griffiths. By 1997 Labour's majority had risen to 11,452.
In 2001 Mr Griffith's majority fell by more than half as the Liberal Democrats took second position with 27.4% of the vote.
In 2005 his majority over the Liberal Democrats was reduced still further to just 405 votes.There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.
Like the other Edinburgh seats, this is a constituency of contrasts. It contains some of the city's best housing stock, including the desirable residential areas of Marchmont, Merchiston, Morningside and Newington. Morningside has one of the highest concentrations of millionaires in the UK.
The seat is mostly affluent and more than half of all workers are managers or professionals or in associate managerial or professional occupations.
Many constituents work in civil service jobs associated with the Scottish Parliament. Almost half of all workers in the seat are employed in public administration, education and health. Unemployment te
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Sir William Darling, a former Lord Provost of Edinburgh, held this seat for the Conservatives from 1945 until his resignation in 1957. (Sir William's great-nephew is the Labour MP Alistair Darling). Michael Hutchison replaced Sir William at the resulting by-election, and held the seat until his retirement in 1979 when Michael Ancram, the son of the 12th Marquess of Lothian, retained the constituency for the Conservatives.
Michael Ancram lost the seat at the 1987 general election to Labour's Nigel Griffiths. By 1997 Labour's majority had risen to 11,452.
In 2001 Mr Griffith's majority fell by more than half as the Liberal Democrats took second position with 27.4% of the vote.
In 2005 his majority over the Liberal Democrats was reduced still further to just 405 votes.There are no boundary changes affecting this seat.
Like the other Edinburgh seats, this is a constituency of contrasts. It contains some of the city's best housing stock, including the desirable residential areas of Marchmont, Merchiston, Morningside and Newington. Morningside has one of the highest concentrations of millionaires in the UK.
The seat is mostly affluent and more than half of all workers are managers or professionals or in associate managerial or professional occupations.
Many constituents work in civil service jobs associated with the Scottish Parliament. Almost half of all workers in the seat are employed in public administration, education and health. Unemployment tends to be lower than in the rest of Edinburgh.
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