Scotland · Current constituency · S14000082
Edinburgh West
Every general election in Edinburgh West since 1918. Latest: Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrats, majority 16,470.
2024 general election
LD hold Turnout 68.6% of 76,490 electors. Full result →
East Renfrewshire: Lab Na h-Eileanan an Iar: Lab Midlothian: Lab North Ayrshire and Arran: Lab Orkney and Shetland: LD Aberdeen North: SNP Aberdeen South: SNP Aberdeenshire North and Moray East: SNP Airdrie and Shotts: Lab Alloa and Grangemouth: Lab Angus and Perthshire Glens: SNP Arbroath and Broughty Ferry: SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber: SNP Bathgate and Linlithgow: Lab Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross: LD Coatbridge and Bellshill: Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy: Lab Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch: Lab Dumfries and Galloway: Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale: Con Dundee Central: SNP Dunfermline and Dollar: Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven: Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh: Lab Edinburgh North and Leith: Lab Edinburgh South: Lab Edinburgh South West: Lab Edinburgh West: LD Falkirk: Lab Glasgow East: Lab Glasgow North: Lab Glasgow North East: Lab Glasgow South: Lab Glasgow South West: Lab Glasgow West: Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife: Lab Gordon and Buchan: Con Hamilton and Clyde Valley: Lab Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West: Lab Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire: LD Livingston: Lab Lothian East: Lab Mid Dunbartonshire: LD Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey: SNP Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke: Lab North East Fife: LD Paisley and Renfrewshire North: Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire South: Lab Perth and Kinross-shire: SNP Rutherglen: Lab Stirling and Strathallan: Lab West Dunbartonshire: Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock: Lab Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk: Con Central Ayrshire: Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun: Lab West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: Con Outlined: Edinburgh West. Neighbouring seats coloured by their 2024 winner. Winning party, 29 general elections
18 7 2 1 1 MPs since 2010
Notional 2019 result on today’s boundaries: Liberal Democrats, majority 5.3%.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1918 1924 1935 1951 1964 F1974 1983 1997 2010 2019 2024 Conservative, 1918: 50.9% Conservative, 1922: 48.6% Conservative, 1923: 33.0% Conservative, 1924: 36.6% Conservative, 1929: 31.7% Conservative, 1931: 71.2% Conservative, 1935: 67.0% Conservative, 1945: 47.4% Conservative, 1950: 60.0% Conservative, 1951: 66.0% Conservative, 1955: 67.0% Conservative, 1959: 56.5% Conservative, 1964: 50.6% Conservative, 1966: 48.3% Conservative, 1970: 49.2% Conservative, February 1974: 44.2% Conservative, October 1974: 38.2% Conservative, 1979: 45.4% Conservative, 1983: 38.2% Conservative, 1987: 37.4% Conservative, 1992: 37.1% Conservative, 1997: 28.0% Conservative, 2001: 22.5% Conservative, 2005: 19.5% Conservative, 2010: 23.2% Conservative, 2015: 12.3% Conservative, 2017: 21.9% Conservative, 2019: 17.0% Conservative, 2024: 5.5% Labour, 1918: 14.7% Labour, 1923: 25.7% Labour, 1924: 33.1% Labour, 1929: 38.6% Labour, 1931: 28.8% Labour, 1935: 33.0% Labour, 1945: 44.9% Labour, 1950: 32.0% Labour, 1951: 34.1% Labour, 1955: 33.0% Labour, 1959: 30.5% Labour, 1964: 35.3% Labour, 1966: 39.0% Labour, 1970: 35.8% Labour, February 1974: 24.4% Labour, October 1974: 25.2% Labour, 1979: 28.2% Labour, 1983: 20.1% Labour, 1987: 22.2% Labour, 1992: 18.0% Labour, 1997: 18.8% Labour, 2001: 23.1% Labour, 2005: 18.6% Labour, 2010: 27.7% Labour, 2015: 11.7% Labour, 2017: 14.9% Labour, 2019: 8.2% Labour, 2024: 15.0% Liberal Democrats, 1992: 35.3% Liberal Democrats, 1997: 43.2% Liberal Democrats, 2001: 42.4% Liberal Democrats, 2005: 49.5% Liberal Democrats, 2010: 35.9% Liberal Democrats, 2015: 33.1% Liberal Democrats, 2017: 34.3% Liberal Democrats, 2019: 39.9% Liberal Democrats, 2024: 50.8% Liberal, 1918: 34.5% Liberal, 1922: 51.4% Liberal, 1923: 41.4% Liberal, 1924: 30.3% Liberal, 1929: 29.7% Liberal, 1945: 7.8% Liberal, 1950: 8.0% Liberal, 1959: 13.0% Liberal, 1964: 14.1% Liberal, 1966: 12.8% Liberal, 1970: 8.2% Liberal, February 1974: 21.5% Liberal, October 1974: 16.4% Liberal, 1979: 17.2% Scottish National Party, 1970: 6.8% Scottish National Party, February 1974: 9.9% Scottish National Party, October 1974: 20.2% Scottish National Party, 1979: 9.2% Scottish National Party, 1983: 4.6% Scottish National Party, 1987: 5.6% Scottish National Party, 1992: 8.4% Scottish National Party, 1997: 8.8% Scottish National Party, 2001: 10.3% Scottish National Party, 2005: 9.1% Scottish National Party, 2010: 13.2% Scottish National Party, 2015: 39.0% Scottish National Party, 2017: 28.6% Scottish National Party, 2019: 33.0% Scottish National Party, 2024: 19.4% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 37.1% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 34.9% Vote share in Edinburgh West at each general election Boundary changes in 2024 Where the voters of today’s Edinburgh West lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:
Where the voters of the old Edinburgh West (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:
Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.
Election Winner Runner-up Majority % Turnout Result
2024 Christine Jardine SNP 16,470 31.4 68.6% LD hold 2019 Christine Jardine SNP 3,769 6.9 75.2% LD hold 2017 Christine Jardine SNP 2,988 5.7 73.8% LD gain from SNP 2015 Michelle Thomson LD 3,210 5.9 76.5% SNP gain from LD 2010 Mike Crockart Lab 3,803 8.2 71.3% LD hold 2005 Con 13,600 30.1 68.1% 2001 Lab 7,589 19.2 63.2% LD hold 1997 Con 7,253 15.2 77.9% 1992 LD 879 1.8 82.7% Con hold 1987 Alliance 1,234 2.5 79.4% Con hold 1983 Alliance 498 1.1 74.9% 1979 Lab 7,351 17.3 77.8% Con hold October 1974 Lab 5,202 12.9 76.6% Con hold February 1974 Lab 8,477 19.8 82.2% 1970 Lab 7,341 13.5 75.0% Con hold 1966 Lab 4,809 9.3 78.7% Con hold 1964 Lab 7,939 15.3 80.9% Con hold 1959 Lab 11,932 26.0 80.3% Con hold 1955 Lab 13,216 34.1 75.7% 1951 Lab 14,625 31.9 83.1% Con hold 1950 Lab 12,601 28.0 82.8% 1945 Lab 1,054 2.5 67.5% 1935 Lab 14,229 34.0 68.1% Con hold 1931 Lab 18,703 42.4 79.2% Con gain from Lab 1929 Con 2,829 6.9 74.8% Lab gain from Con 1924 Lab 1,025 3.5 79.3% Con gain from Lib 1923 Con 2,232 8.4 74.4% Lib hold 1922 Con 666 2.8 68.9% Lib gain from Con 1918 Lib 2,952 16.4 53.3%
Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.
Questions and answers Who is the MP for Edinburgh West? Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrats) won Edinburgh West at the 2024 general election with a majority of 16,470.
Which parties have won Edinburgh West? At the 29 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 18, Liberal Democrats 7, Liberal 2, Scottish National Party 1, Labour 1.
Which region is Edinburgh West in? Edinburgh West is in Scotland.
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