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	Type	Burgh
	Entity	Scotland
	DivisionType	Council Areas
	Division	City Of Edinburgh
	Year	1885
	MP	Nigel Griffiths
	Party	Labour
	EP	Scotland

Edinburgh South is a Constituency of the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom . It elects one Member Of Parliament (MP) by the First Past The Post system of election.

Prior to the 2005 General Election the constituency had the same boundaries as the Scottish Parliament constituency with the same name. ''See Edinburgh South (Scottish Parliament Constituency) .''


BOUNDARIES


The constituency covers the southern portion of Edinburgh , including the wards of Alnwickhill , Fairmilehead , Gilmerton , Kaimes , Marchmont , Merchiston , Moredun , Newington , North Morningside And The Grange , Sciennes , and South Morningside . The constituency is predominantly suburban.


MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

• , Liberal






• Liberal (elected in a by-election)




• Liberal


• 1910 - 1917: Charles Henry Lyell (elected in either January or December )


• (elected in the a by-election)


• , Unionist


• , Unionist (re-elected in the 1923 , 1924 , 1929 , 1931 and 1935 general elections)


• , Unionist (re-elected in the 1951 and 1955 general elections)


• , Unionist / Conservative (elected in a by-election, re-elected in the 1959 , 1964 , 1966 , 1970 , February 1974 and October 1974 general elections)


• , Conservative (re-elected in the 1983 general election)


• , Labour (re-elected in the 1992 , 1997 , 2001 and 2005 general elections)

ELECTION RESULTS

title General Election 2005 : Edinburgh South

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Nigel Griffiths   votes 14,183   percentage 332%   change -61

party Liberal Democrats (UK)   candidate Marilyne MacLaren   votes 13,783   percentage 323%   change +70

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Gavin Brown   votes 10,291   percentage 241%   change +14

party Scottish National Party   candidate Graham Sutherland   votes 2,635   percentage 62%   change -31

party Scottish Green Party   candidate Steve Burgess   votes 1,387   percentage 32%   change +32

party Scottish Socialist Party   candidate Morag Robertson   votes 414   percentage 10%   change -12

votes 400   percentage 09%

votes 42,693   percentage 700   change +98

winner Labour Party (UK)   swing -65

title General Election 2001 : Edinburgh South

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Nigel Griffiths   votes 15,671   percentage 422   change -47

party Liberal Democrats (UK)   candidate Marilyne MacLaren   votes 10,172   percentage 274   change +97

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Gordon Buchan   votes 6,172   percentage 166   change -47

party Scottish National Party   candidate Heather Williams   votes 3,683   percentage 99   change -30

party Scottish Socialist Party   candidate Colin Fox   votes 933   percentage 25   change ''N/A''

party Legalise Cannabis Alliance   candidate Margaret Hendry   votes 535   percentage 14   change ''N/A''

votes 5,499   percentage 148

votes 37,166   percentage 577   change -141

winner Labour Party (UK)

SEE ALSO

• List Of UK Parliamentary Constituencies In Scotland