Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Edinburgh South Burgh constituency for the House of Commons Boundary of Edinburgh South in Scotland. Subdivisions of Scotland City of Edinburgh Current constituency Created 1885 (1885) Member of Parliament Ian Murray (Labour) Created from Edinburgh Overlaps European Parliament constituency Scotland Edinburgh South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the general election of 1885. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is the Labour Party's Ian Murray who was first elected at the 2010 general election with a majority of just 316 votes.1 Prior to the 2005 general election the constituency had the same boundaries as the Scottish Parliament constituency with the same name. Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2010s 3.1.1 2010 general election 3.2 Elections in the 2000s 3.3 Elections in the 1990s 3.4 Elections in the 1930s 3.5 Elections in the 1920s 3.6 Elections in the 1910s 3.7 Elections in the 1900s 3.8 Elections in the 1890s 3.9 Elections in the 1880s 4 Notes and references 5 See also Boundaries When created in 1885, the Westminster constituency was partly a replacement for the Edinburgh constituency. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Municipal Wards of St. George, St. Cuthbert, and Newington.2 In 1918 the constituency consisted of the "Merchiston, Morningside, and Newington Municipal Wards of Edinburgh." In 2005, prior to the general election, Edinburgh South was one of six covering the City of Edinburgh council area. Five were entirely within the city council area. One, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area, to take in Musselburgh. For the 2005 election, the constituency was enlarged to enclude areas from the former Edinburgh Pentlands constituency, and became one of five constituencies covering the city area, all entirely within that area.3 The constituency covers a southern portion of the city area, and is predominantly suburban. In terms of wards used in elections to the City of Edinburgh Council 1999 to 2007, it includes the wards of Alnwickhill, Fairmilehead, Gilmerton, Kaimes, Marchmont, Merchiston, Moredun, Little France, Newington, North Morningside and the Grange, Sciennes, and South Morningside. These wards were replaced with new wards in 2007, as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. The constituency therefore contains almost no electoral division in its entirety. Those within its boundaries are Southside/Newington, Meadows/Morningside, a handful of streets from the extreme north-east of Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart ward, Colinton/Fairmilehead, and Liberton/Gilemerton. Members of Parliament Elected Member4 Party 1885 George Harrison Independent Liberal 1886 by-election Hugh Childers Liberal 1892 Herbert Paul Liberal 1895 Robert Cox Liberal 1899 by-election Arthur Dewar Liberal 1900 Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet Liberal Unionist 1906 Arthur Dewar Liberal 1910 by-election Charles Henry Lyell Liberal 1917 by-election James Edward Parrott Liberal 1918 Charles David Murray Unionist 1922 Samuel Chapman Unionist 1945 William Darling Unionist 1957 by-election Michael Clark Hutchison Unionist 1965 Conservative 1979 Michael Ancram Conservative 1987 Nigel Griffiths Labour 2010 Ian Murray Labour Election results Elections in the 2010s 2010 general election On 1 February 2010, Nigel Griffiths announced that he would not stand as the Labour candidate in the 2010 general election,5 and Labour then chose local councillor Ian Murray as their candidate. The Liberal Democrats selected former Edinburgh councillor Fred Mackintosh, the Scottish Conservatives selected veterinary surgeon Dr. Neil Hudson, the SNP selected financial consultant Sandy Howat, and the Green Party selected former research scientist Steve Burgess. The constituency was a top target seat for both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives against the Labour Party — the Lib Dem candidate had been just 405 votes behind the successful Labour candidate in the previous general election. In early 2008 Charles Clarke included it in his "Doomsday Memo" of at-risk Labour constituencies, predicting that it could be taken by the Liberal Democrats with a swing of under 0.5%.6 In October 2009 a polling of marginal Scottish constituencies suggested that it could be taken by the Liberal Democrats.7 In the event, Labour managed to hold on to the seat, restricting the swing to just 0.1% to the Liberal Democrats. General Election 2010: Edinburgh South89 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ian Murray 15,215 34.7 +1.5 Liberal Democrat Fred Mackintosh 14,899 34.0 +1.7 Conservative Neil Hudson 9,452 21.6 -2.5 SNP Sandy Howat 3,354 7.7 +1.5 Scottish Green Steve Burgess 881 2.0 -1.2 Majority 316 0.7% Turnout 43,801 73.8 +4.4 Labour hold Swing -0.1 Elections in the 2000s General Election 2005: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nigel Griffiths 14,188 33.2% -6.1 Liberal Democrat Marilyne MacLaren 13,783 32.3% +7.0 Conservative Gavin Brown 10,291 24.1% +1.4 SNP Graham Sutherland 2,635 6.2% -3.1 Scottish Green Steve Burgess 1,387 3.2% N/A Scottish Socialist Morag Robertson 414 1.0% -1.2 Majority 405 0.9% -13.9 Turnout 42,698 69.9 +9.2 Labour hold Swing -6.5 General Election 2001: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nigel Griffiths 15,671 42.2% -4.7 Liberal Democrat Marilyne MacLaren 10,172 27.4% +9.7 Conservative Gordon Buchan 6,172 16.6% -4.7 SNP Heather Williams 3,683 9.9% -3.0 Scottish Socialist Colin Fox 933 2.5% N/A Legalise Cannabis Margaret Hendry 535 1.4% N/A Majority 5,499 14.8% -10.7 Turnout 37,166 57.7% -14.1 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1990s General Election 1997: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nigel Griffiths 20,993 46.8% Conservative Elizabeth Smith 9,541 21.3% Liberal Democrat Mike Pringle 7,911 17.6% SNP John Hargreaves 5,791 12.9% Referendum Party Ian McLean 504 1.1% Natural Law Bradley Dunn 98 0.2% Majority 11,452 25.5% Turnout 71.8 Labour hold Swing +8.1 General Election 1992: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nigel Griffiths 18,485 Conservative Struan Stevenson 14,309 Liberal Democrat B. McCreadie 5,961 SNP R. Knox 5,727 Natural Law G. Manclark 108 Majority 4,176 Turnout 72.67 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1930s General Election 1935: Edinburgh South 10 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Sir Samuel Chapman 27,254 Labour Mrs B. Woodburn 5,365 General Election 1931: Edinburgh South 11 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Sir Samuel Chapman unopposed Elections in the 1920s General Election 1924: Edinburgh South 12 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Sir Samuel Chapman 15,854 Liberal David Coupar Thomson 8,777 General Election 1923: Edinburgh South 13 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Sir Samuel Chapman 12,504 Liberal W. Hope 10,194 By-election 9 April 1920: Edinburgh South 14 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Conservative Major Charles David Murray CMG KC 11,176 Liberal D.T. Holmes 8,177 This section requires expansion. Elections in the 1910s General Election 1918: Edinburgh South 15 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Major Charles David Murray CMG KC 14,854 Liberal D. Caird 4,955 On 12 May 1917, Sir Edward Parrott was returned unopposed.16 General Election December 1910: Edinburgh South 17 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Maj the Hon Charles Henry Lyell 9,576 Conservative Maj the Hon Charles Henry Lyell KC 7,986 By-election 28 April 1910: Edinburgh South 18 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Maj the Hon Charles Henry Lyell 8,694 Liberal Unionist Ralph George Campbell Glyn 6,367 General Election January 1910: Edinburgh South 19 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Arthur Dewar KC 10,235 Conservative Harold B Cox 7,901 Elections in the 1900s General Election 1906: Edinburgh South 20 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Arthur Dewar KC 8,945 59.9 Conservative William C. Smith KC 5,985 40.1 General Election 1900: Edinburgh South 21 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist Sir Andrew Noel Agnew Bt 5,766 Liberal Arthur Dewar KC 5,655 Elections in the 1890s By-election 19 June 1899: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Arthur Dewar KC 5,820 Conservative Maj.-Gen. A. G. Wauchope 4,989 General Election 1895: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist Robert Cox 4,902 Liberal Herbert Woodfield Paul 4,795 Majority 97 General Election 1892: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Herbert Woodfield Paul 4,682 Liberal Unionist Lewis MacIver 4,251 Majority 431 Elections in the 1880s General Election 1886: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Hugh Childers 3,778 Liberal Unionist Robert Purvis 2,191 Majority 1,587 At a by-election on 9 February 1886, Mr Childers having accepted office, he was returned unopposed. By-election 29 January 1886: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Hugh Childers 4,029 Conservative Hon Walter George Hepburne-Scott 1,730 General Election 1885: Edinburgh South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Sir George Harrison 4,273 Liberal Thomas Raleigh 2,874 Majority 1,399 Notes and references ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/scotland/8667399.stm ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule ^ Fifth Periodical Review, Boundary Commission for Scotland ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1) ^ Labour MP Nigel Griffiths to quit at election BBC News, 1 February 2010 ^ Battleground Seats Times Online ^ THE 2009 POLITICSHOME ELECTORAL INDEX PoliticsHome ^ Edinburgh South, UKPollingReport ^ General Election 2010 - Edinburgh South BBC News ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939 ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934 ^ Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927 ^ The Times, 8 December 1923 ^ The Times, 23 April 1920. By-election followed Charles Murray's appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920 ^ The Times, 14 May 1917 ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916 ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916 ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916 ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907 ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901 See also Politics of Edinburgh v · d · eConstituencies in Scotland by Holding Party (59) Labour (41) Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Airdrie and Shotts · Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock · Central Ayrshire · Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill · Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East · Dumfries and Galloway · Dundee West · Dunfermline and West Fife · East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Edinburgh East · Edinburgh North and Leith · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh South West · Falkirk · Glasgow Central · Glasgow East · Glasgow North · Glasgow North East · Glasgow North West · Glasgow South · Glasgow South West · Glenrothes · Inverclyde · Kilmarnock and Loudoun · Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath · Lanark and Hamilton East · Linlithgow and East Falkirk · Livingston · Midlothian · Motherwell and Wishaw · North Ayrshire and Arran · Ochil and South Perthshire · Paisley and Renfrewshire North · Paisley and Renfrewshire South  · Rutherglen and Hamilton West · Stirling · West Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrat (11) Argyll and Bute · Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk · Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross · East Dunbartonshire · Edinburgh West · Gordon · Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey · North East Fife · Orkney and Shetland · Ross, Skye and Lochaber · West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Scottish National Party (6) Angus · Banff and Buchan · Dundee East · Moray · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · Perth and North Perthshire Conservative (1) Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Scotland European constituency: Scottish National Party (2) · Labour (2) · Conservative (1) · Liberal Democrat (1) v · d · eWestminster constituencies of Scotland 1708 to 1832 · 1832 to 1868 · 1868 to 1885 · 1885 to 1918 · 1918 to 1950 · 1950 to 1955 · 1955 to 1974 · 1974 to 1983 · 1983 to 1997 · 1997 to 2005 Current constituencies (2005 to present) Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Airdrie & Shotts · Angus · Argyll & Bute · Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock · Banff & Buchan · Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk · Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross · Central Ayrshire · Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill · Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East · Dumfries & Galloway · Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale · Dundee East · Dundee West · Dunfermline & West Fife · East Dunbartonshire · East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Edinburgh East · Edinburgh North & Leith · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh South West · Edinburgh West · Falkirk · Glasgow Central · Glasgow East · Glasgow North · Glasgow North East · Glasgow North West · Glasgow South · Glasgow South West · Glenrothes · Gordon · Inverclyde · Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey · Kilmarnock & Loudoun · Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath · Lanark & Hamilton East · Linlithgow & East Falkirk · Livingston · Midlothian · Moray · Motherwell & Wishaw · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · North Ayrshire & Arran · North East Fife · Ochil & South Perthshire · Orkney & Shetland · Paisley & Renfrewshire North · Paisley & Renfrewshire South · Perth & North Perthshire · Ross, Skye & Lochaber · Rutherglen & Hamilton West · Stirling · West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine · West Dunbartonshire Coordinates: 55°54′50″N 3°09′31″W / 55.91389°N 3.15861°W / 55.91389; -3.15861