Edinburgh Pentlands was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the general election of 1950, and abolished prior to the general election of 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Edinburgh Pentlands | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Edinburgh |
1950–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Midlothian and Peebles Northern |
Replaced by | Edinburgh South West Edinburgh South |
In 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the same name and boundaries, and continues in use. See Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Boundaries
In 2005, prior to the general election, the Westminster constituency 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. Edinburgh Pentlands covered a south-western portion of the city council area.
In terms of wards used for elections to the City of Edinburgh Council, 1999 to 2007, Edinburgh Pentlands included wards named Balerno, Baberton, Colinton, Craiglockhart, Fairmilehead, Firrhill, Murrayburn, Parkhead, and Sighthill. The South Morningside ward was split between Edinburgh Pentlands and Edinburgh South. The seat had an urban north and a suburban centre. The remaining area was rural, and included a Pentland Hills area in the south.
In 2005, most of the constituency became part of Edinburgh South West. The Fairmilehead and South Morningside wards went to Edinburgh South. For the 2005 election, there were five constituencies covering the city area, all entirely within that area.[1]
Member of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" | | 1950 | Lord John Hope | Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" | | 1964 | Norman Wylie | Unionist/Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Malcolm Rifkind | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Lynda Clark | Labour |
2005 | constituency abolished: see Edinburgh South West and Edinburgh South |
Election of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynda Clark | 15,797 | 40.6 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | 14,055 | 36.1 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David John Walker | 4,210 | 10.8 | +0.8 | |
SNP | Stewart Gibb | 4,210 | 10.8 | −2.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | James Angus Mearns | 555 | 1.4 | K.A. | |
UKIP | Bill McMurdo | 105 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,742 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,932 | 64.4 | −12.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynda Clark | 19,675 | 43.0 | 11.9 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | 14,813 | 32.4 | −8.3 | |
SNP | Stewart Gibb | 6,882 | 13.0 | −2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Dawe | 4,575 | 10.0 | −2.6 | |
Referendum | Malcolm McDonald | 422 | 0.9 | K.A. | |
Green | Robin Harper | 224 | 0.5 | K.A. | |
UKIP | Alistair McConnachie | 81 | 0.2 | K.A. | |
Majority | 4,862 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 45,742 | 76.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | 18,128 | 40.7 | ||
Labour | Mark Lazarowicz | 13,838 | 31.1 | ||
SNP | Ms Kathleen Caskie | 6,882 | 15.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Smith | 5,597 | 12.6 | ||
Natural Law | David Rae | 111 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 4,290 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 44,556 | 80.18 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | 17,278 | 38.27 | ||
Labour | Mark Lazarowicz | 13,533 | 29.98 | ||
SDP | Keith Smith | 11,072 | 24.52 | ||
SNP | DN MacCormick | 3,264 | 7.23 | ||
Majority | 3,745 | 8.30 | |||
Turnout | 77.67 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | 17,051 | 39.19 | ||
SDP | Keith Smith | 12,742 | 29.28 | ||
Labour | E Milligan | 10,390 | 23.88 | ||
SNP | DN MacCormick | 2,642 | 6.07 | ||
Ecology | A Nicol-Smith | 687 | 1.58 | ||
Majority | 4,309 | 9.90 | |||
Turnout | 73.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | 17,684 | 39.28 | ||
Labour | AJ Johnstone | 16,486 | 36.62 | ||
Liberal | C Luckhurst | 5,919 | 13.15 | ||
SNP | S Maxwell | 4,934 | 10.96 | ||
Majority | 1,198 | 2.66 | |||
Turnout | 76.76 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | 14,083 | 33.93 | ||
Labour | George Foulkes | 12,826 | 30.90 | ||
SNP | J Hutchinson | 10,189 | 24.55 | ||
Liberal | SP Ross-Smith | 4,411 | 10.63 | ||
Majority | 1,257 | 3.03 | |||
Turnout | 75.53 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | 18,162 | 41.20 | ||
Labour | JD McWilliam | 13,560 | 30.76 | ||
Liberal | SP Ross-Smith | 6,870 | 15.58 | ||
SNP | T Forrest | 5,491 | 12.46 | ||
Majority | 4,602 | 10.44 | |||
Turnout | 80.88 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Wylie | 21,829 | 46.11 | ||
Labour | EGF Stewart | 18,646 | 39.38 | ||
Liberal | D Clarke | 4,055 | 8.56 | ||
SNP | AWS Rae | 2,814 | 5.94 | ||
Majority | 3,183 | 6.72 | |||
Turnout | 76.90 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Wylie | 19,176 | 44.94 | ||
Labour | W Wallace | 19,132 | 44.84 | ||
Liberal | D Clarke | 4,363 | 10.22 | ||
Majority | 44 | 0.10 | |||
Turnout | 80.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Norman Wylie | 20,181 | 46.04 | ||
Labour | MJ Williamson | 17,794 | 40.59 | ||
Liberal | CL Abernethy | 5,862 | 13.37 | ||
Majority | 2,387 | 5.45 | |||
Turnout | 81.57 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Lord John Hope | 25,742 | 60.30 | ||
Labour | JP Mackintosh | 16,950 | 39.70 | ||
Majority | 8,792 | 20.59 | |||
Turnout | 80.28 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Lord John Hope | 23,496 | 59.47 | ||
Labour | D Connell | 16,011 | 40.53 | ||
Majority | 7,485 | 18.95 | |||
Turnout | 77.28 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Lord John Hope | 27,804 | 57.67 | ||
Labour | D Connell | 20,405 | 42.33 | ||
Majority | 7,399 | 15.35 | |||
Turnout | 83.34 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Lord John Hope | 23,107 | 50.54 | ||
Labour | TA MacNair | 17,912 | 39.18 | ||
Liberal | Charlotte R McNee | 4,703 | 10.29 | ||
Majority | 5,195 | 11.36 | |||
Turnout | 82.01 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |