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Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh Pentlands (Gaelic: Dùn Èideann Pentlands) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Edinburgh. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Gordon MacDonald of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are: Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh.

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Map of Westminster boundaries from 2005

Edinburgh is represented in the Scottish Parliament by six constituencies: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.

The Edinburgh Pentlands constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.[2]

The newly formed Edinburgh Pentlands uses the following electoral wards:[3]

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ "'The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 138. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Edinburgh Pentlands constituency results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Edinburgh Pentlands regional results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Edinburgh Pentlands". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Edinburgh Pentlands MSP Constituency Results". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Lothian regional results". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Pentlands MSP Constituency Results 2011". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  10. ^ "2011 Results of Regional List". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Edinburgh Pentlands Election Results 2007". City of Edinburgh Council. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

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