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Edinburgh South Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Edinburgh South shown within the Lothians electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created:	1999
MSP:	Mike Pringle
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Council area:	City of Edinburgh

Edinburgh South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents 1 Electoral region 2 Constituency boundaries and council area 2.1 Wards 3 Description of the constituency 4 Members of the Scottish Parliament 5 Election results 6 Footnotes 6.1 See also

See also Lothians Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston and Midlothian.

The region covers the City of Edinburgh council area, the West Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, and part of the East Lothian council area.

The Edinburgh South 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^[1].

The Holyrood constituency covers a southern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area. The rest of the city area is covered by five other constituencies, all also in the Lothians electoral region: Edinburgh West, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh North and Leith, and Edinburgh East and Musselburgh.

Edinburgh South has boundaries with the Edinburgh West constituency, the Edinburgh Central constituency, and the Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency.

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh also covers the Musselburgh portion of the East Lothian council area. The rest of the East Lothian area is covered by the East Lothian constituency, which is in the South of Scotland electoral region.

Edinburgh South includes the wards of Alnwickhill, Gilmerton, Kaimes, Marchmont, Merchiston, Moredun, Newington, North Morningside and the Grange, Prestonfield, and Sciennes, and part of the South Morningside ward, which is split with Edinburgh Pentlands. The wards were created in 1999, at the same time as the constituency, and are due to be replaced with new wards in 2007, without change to constituency boundaries.

Edinburgh South is predominantly suburban. It includes Marchmont, Merchiston, Newington, the Grange, Sciennes and a northern area of Morningside .

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Angus MacKay	Labour
	2003	Mike Pringle	Liberal Democrat
	2007

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Edinburgh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Pringle	11,398	35.0	+2.9
	Labour Party	Donald Anderson	9,469	29.1	-2.5
	Scottish National Party	Robert Holland	6,117	18.8	+4.7
	Conservative Party	Gavin Brown	5,589	17.2	+0.6
Majority			1,929	5.9
Turnout			32,573	56.6	+4.92
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Edinburgh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Pringle	10,005	32.07	+ 9.74
	Labour Party	Angus MacKay	9,847	31.56	−5.49
	Conservative Party	Gordon Buchan	5,180	16.60	+ 0.71
	Scottish National Party	Alex Orr	4,396	14.09	−9.44
	Scottish Socialist Party	Shirley Gibb	1,768	5.67	N/A
Majority			158	0.51
Turnout			31,196	51.68	−10.94
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Edinburgh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Party	Angus MacKay	14,869	37.05	N/A
	Scottish National Party	Margo MacDonald	9,445	23.53	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Pringle	8,961	22.33	N/A
	Conservative Party	Iain Whyte	6,378	15.89	N/A
	Socialist Workers	William Black	482	1.20	N/A
Majority			5,424	13.52	N/A
Turnout
	Labour Party hold		Swing

1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

• Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
• Morningside, Edinburgh
• Politics of Edinburgh

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