Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A collaborative political resource." 
Email: Password:

  Edinburgh South
INCUMBENT
  PartyLabour
NameIan Murray
Won07/04/2024
Votes24,976 (53.34%)
Margin17,251 (+36.84%)
Term07/05/2024 - 07/01/2029

Parliament DETAILS
Parents > United Kingdom > Scotland > Scotland  
Website
Established December 18, 1885
Disbanded Still Active
ContributorRP
Last ModifiedRalphie June 04, 2008 01:15pm
DescriptionThis new constituency comprises the old Edinburgh South seat except Prestonfield, which goes to the new Edinburgh East seat, and includes Fairmilehead from the old Edinburgh Pentlands and South Morningside which was shared with the old Edinburgh Pentlands seat. The constituency is a portion of Edinburgh that stretches from just south of the city centre to the by-pass which rings the capital. The elegant villas and flats of Morningside, Marchmont and Mechiston are stereotypical Edinburgh; areas which have made their mark in the city's literary incarnations, such as Muriel Spark's novel The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. Further west are the many detached properties of Fairmilehead, nestling under the Braid Hills to the west - this ward regularly has the highest electoral turnout of any in Scotland. To the east are the peripheral council estates of Gilmerton, Kaimes and Moredun.

[Link]

HISTORY

Click For More History Details

RACES
Polls Close Description Takes Office

INFORMATION LINKS

PARTY REGISTRATION

MEDIA

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
Get Firefox!