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'Politics in Edinburgh', Scotland, UK, are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the city council of Edinburgh, in elections to the council, and in elections to the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).
Also, as Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh is host to the Scottish Parliament and the main offices of the Scottish Executive.
In the European Parliament the city area is within the Scotland constituency, which coveres all of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
The City of Edinburgh became a unitary council area in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the City of Edinburgh district of the Lothian region. The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include: the former county of city of Edinburgh; the former burgh of South Queensferry, a Kirkliston area and part of a Winchburgh area formerly within the county of West Lothian; and Currie and Cramond areas formerly within the county of Midlothian.
As one of the unitary local government areas of Scotland, the City of Edinburgh has a defined structure of governance, generally under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the City of Edinburgh Council governing on matters of local administration such as housing, planning, local transport, parks and local economic development and regeneration. For such purposes the City of Edinburgh is divided in to 17 wards.
The next tier of government is that of the Scottish Parliament, which legislates on matters of Scottish "national interest", such as healthcare, education, the environment and agriculture, devolved to it by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For elections to the Scottish Parliament (at the Scottish Parliament Building, in the Holyrood area of Edinburgh), the city area is divided between six Scottish Parliament constituencies, each returning one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), and is within the Lothians electoral region.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom (at the Palace of Westminster) legislates on matters such as taxation, foreign policy, defence, employment and trade. For elections to the House of Commons of this parliament, the city area is divided between five United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies, with each constituency returning one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament, in which the electorate of the City of Edinburgh participate in electing seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
The current Lord Provost of Edinburgh is George Grubb, who replaced Lesley Hinds on May 16, 2007. In Scotland the Lord Provost fulfils many similar roles to that of a Mayor in some other countries.
Elections to the City Council are held every four years electing 58 councillors. The last elections took place in May 2007. The Council is currently controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition.
The City of Edinburgh Council, like all other unitary and island authorities in Scotland, has its powers set out under the terms of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.
In 2000, Edinburgh City council abandoned the traditional committee structure in favour of modernised arrangements. The council operates a Cabinet type system led by the Lord Provost, with the day-to-day running of the Council left to the Majority Leader and the Executive, which is appointed by the full members of the council.
The ''Full Council'' comprises all of the 58 elected councillors, and for legal purposes constitutes the Local Authority. The Full Council meets once a month on a Thursday, except during recess and holiday periods and is chaired by the Lord Provost. The Full Council retains complete responsibility for:
★ Electing the Lord Provost and Deputy Leader of the Council;
★ The delegation of functions to officials including the appointment of the Chief Executive, Chief Officials, members of the Executive, Scrutiny Panels and Committees and resolving disputes;
★ Voting on council rules, ordinances and standing orders;
★ Setting the council tax, annual council budget and administering the city's capital investment programme.
The ''Executive'' is appointed by the Full Council and is composed of 13 members of the Full Council. The functions of the Executive include:
★ The Leadership of the Council;
★ Providing political accountability to the decisions of the council;
★ Arranging public consultation and participation in council activities;
★ Taking Executive decisions with the council's budget and policy framework approved by the Full Council;
★ Setting targets for service delivery
Scrutiny Panels are responsible for monitoring the performance of the Executive, departments and external organisations which receive funding from the annual council budget. Scrutiny Panels consist of 9 members of the Full Council, who are not members of the Executive, with members drawn from all political party groups to reflect the party balance on the council.
There are seven scrutiny panels covering:
★ Children and young people
★ Community services
★ Development
★ Environmental quality
★ Leisure and cultural development
★ Resource management and audit
★ Social justice and older people.
The Planning committee is principally concerned with issues of planning and development, including the granting of planning permission and street naming. The Regulatory Committee deals with issues such as health and safety and buildings in need of repair as well as determining individual applications for registration and licensing of food premises, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and other statutory powers. Membership of such committees reflects the party balance on the council.
There are 6 local development committees in Edinburgh, one for each Scottish Parliamentary Constituency in the city. Councillors whose ward falls within a parliamentary constituency form the members of each local development committee. Typically, there are 8 to 10 councillors on each committee. Local Development Committees are tasked with dealing with issues that are specific to their local area and influencing the delivery of key council services including street cleaning, urban parks, libraries, local development, road maintenance, traffic and parking issues. Local committees meet several times per year. Members of the public are able to attend and question councillors on issues of specific concern.
The Council also appoints elected members to serve on:
★ The Licensing Board
★ Lothian and Borders Police Board
★ Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Board
★ Lothian Valuation Joint Board
★ Forth Estuary Transport Authority
Elections to the council are held on a four year cycle, the last being held on Thursday 3 May, 2007.
Members of the council represent 17 electoral areas called wards. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, multi-member wards were introduced for the 2007 election, each electing three or four councillors by the single transferable vote system, to produce a form of proportional representation. Previously each of 58 wards elected one councillor by the first past the post system of election.
Multi-member wards introduced for the 2007 council election:
Following the local elections on 3 May, 2007, the representation on the council was as follows:
For elections to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the city is divided between five constituencies, each of which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. All five constituencies are entirely within the city area.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 2005, ''Edinburgh'' House of Commons constituencies had exactly the same names and boundaries as the Scottish Parliament constituencies listed above. However, in order to reduce Scotland's historical over representation in the House of Commons, Scotland's share of constituencies was reduced from 72 to 59, in accordance with proposals drawn up by the Boundary Commission for Scotland. The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 enabled Scottish Parliament constituencies to remain unaltered despite new arrangements for House of Commons constituencies, which resulted in the loss of one ''Edinburgh'' constituency and redrawing of boundaries for the others. As a result of the boundary review[1][2]:
★ Edinburgh Central constituency was abolished and split between the original Edinburgh North and Leith and Edinburgh West constituencies and an entirely new constituency that was created - Edinburgh South West.
★ Edinburgh East and Musselburgh took in parts of the Edinburgh North and Leith seat, with the town of Musselburgh being transferred into the East Lothian constituency, with the new seat renamed Edinburgh East.
★ Edinburgh Pentlands constituency was also divided between the new Edinburgh South West seat and the existing Edinburgh South seat.
★ Edinburgh North and Leith was increased in size by taking in parts of the old Edinburgh Central constituency.
★ Edinburgh South was expanded in size taking in elements of the old Edinburgh Pentlands seat.
★ Edinburgh South West was an entirely new constituency created for the 2005 UK general election taking in elements of the old Edinburgh Central seat, the original Edinburgh West seat and Edinburgh Pentlands seat.
★ Edinburgh West was expanded to include some parts of the defunct Edinburgh Central seat.
Current political composition:
''Edinburgh'' has been used in ten different constituency names since 1708, the date of the first election to the Parliament of Great Britain (which was merged into the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801). There have been up to six ''Edinburgh'' constituencies at any one time.
Two names, ''Edinburgh South'' and ''Edinburgh West'' have been in continuous use since 1885. One name, ''Edinburgh East'', also first used in 1885, fell out of use in 1997 and returned to use in 2005.
Survival of a name does not in itself mean that a constituency's boundaries have been unaltered.
Lists of constituencies:
For elections to the Scottish Parliament, the city is divided between six of the nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region. Each constituency elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and the region elects seven additional members (also called ''MSPs'') to produce a form of proportional representation.
One of the ''Edinburgh'' constituencies includes Musselburgh, which is outside the city, in East Lothian.
Until the United Kingdom general election, 2005, ''Edinburgh'' Scottish Parliament and Parliament of the United Kingdom constituencies were coterminous (shared the same geographical boundaries). The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004, a piece of United Kingdom Parliament legislation, had removed the link, to enable Scottish Parliament constituencies to retain established boundaries despite the introduction of new boundaries for United Kingdom Parliament constituencies.
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, the six ''Edinburgh'' constituencies elected two Labour MSPs, two Liberal Democrat MSPs, one Conservative MSP, and one Scottish National Party MSP:
The following additional members were elected to represent the Lothians electoral region:
1. ''BBC News 2002'' Political landscape set to change
2. ''Boundary Commission for Scotland, 2004'' Fifth Periodical Review of Constituencies
★ List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh
★ Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
★ Lothian Regional Council
★ Edinburgh City Council
★ Edinburgh City Council - How the Council Works
★ CityMayors feature
★ Your Edinburgh
★ Edinburgh City Council Local Plan
★ Scottish Parliament
★ United Kingdom Parliament
★ Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
★ EdinburghSucks.com - An alternative view of politics in the City
'Politics in Edinburgh', Scotland, UK, are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the city council of Edinburgh, in elections to the council, and in elections to the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).
Also, as Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh is host to the Scottish Parliament and the main offices of the Scottish Executive.
In the European Parliament the city area is within the Scotland constituency, which coveres all of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
The City of Edinburgh became a unitary council area in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the City of Edinburgh district of the Lothian region. The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include: the former county of city of Edinburgh; the former burgh of South Queensferry, a Kirkliston area and part of a Winchburgh area formerly within the county of West Lothian; and Currie and Cramond areas formerly within the county of Midlothian.
As one of the unitary local government areas of Scotland, the City of Edinburgh has a defined structure of governance, generally under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the City of Edinburgh Council governing on matters of local administration such as housing, planning, local transport, parks and local economic development and regeneration. For such purposes the City of Edinburgh is divided in to 17 wards.
The next tier of government is that of the Scottish Parliament, which legislates on matters of Scottish "national interest", such as healthcare, education, the environment and agriculture, devolved to it by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For elections to the Scottish Parliament (at the Scottish Parliament Building, in the Holyrood area of Edinburgh), the city area is divided between six Scottish Parliament constituencies, each returning one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), and is within the Lothians electoral region.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom (at the Palace of Westminster) legislates on matters such as taxation, foreign policy, defence, employment and trade. For elections to the House of Commons of this parliament, the city area is divided between five United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies, with each constituency returning one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament, in which the electorate of the City of Edinburgh participate in electing seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
City of Edinburgh Council
The current Lord Provost of Edinburgh is George Grubb, who replaced Lesley Hinds on May 16, 2007. In Scotland the Lord Provost fulfils many similar roles to that of a Mayor in some other countries.
Elections to the City Council are held every four years electing 58 councillors. The last elections took place in May 2007. The Council is currently controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition.
The City of Edinburgh Council, like all other unitary and island authorities in Scotland, has its powers set out under the terms of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.
In 2000, Edinburgh City council abandoned the traditional committee structure in favour of modernised arrangements. The council operates a Cabinet type system led by the Lord Provost, with the day-to-day running of the Council left to the Majority Leader and the Executive, which is appointed by the full members of the council.
Full Council
Edinburgh City Chambers on the Royal Mile where the city council is based.
The ''Full Council'' comprises all of the 58 elected councillors, and for legal purposes constitutes the Local Authority. The Full Council meets once a month on a Thursday, except during recess and holiday periods and is chaired by the Lord Provost. The Full Council retains complete responsibility for:
★ Electing the Lord Provost and Deputy Leader of the Council;
★ The delegation of functions to officials including the appointment of the Chief Executive, Chief Officials, members of the Executive, Scrutiny Panels and Committees and resolving disputes;
★ Voting on council rules, ordinances and standing orders;
★ Setting the council tax, annual council budget and administering the city's capital investment programme.
Executive
The ''Executive'' is appointed by the Full Council and is composed of 13 members of the Full Council. The functions of the Executive include:
★ The Leadership of the Council;
★ Providing political accountability to the decisions of the council;
★ Arranging public consultation and participation in council activities;
★ Taking Executive decisions with the council's budget and policy framework approved by the Full Council;
★ Setting targets for service delivery
Scrutiny Panels
Scrutiny Panels are responsible for monitoring the performance of the Executive, departments and external organisations which receive funding from the annual council budget. Scrutiny Panels consist of 9 members of the Full Council, who are not members of the Executive, with members drawn from all political party groups to reflect the party balance on the council.
There are seven scrutiny panels covering:
★ Children and young people
★ Community services
★ Development
★ Environmental quality
★ Leisure and cultural development
★ Resource management and audit
★ Social justice and older people.
Planning and Regulatory Committees
The Planning committee is principally concerned with issues of planning and development, including the granting of planning permission and street naming. The Regulatory Committee deals with issues such as health and safety and buildings in need of repair as well as determining individual applications for registration and licensing of food premises, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and other statutory powers. Membership of such committees reflects the party balance on the council.
Local Development Committees
There are 6 local development committees in Edinburgh, one for each Scottish Parliamentary Constituency in the city. Councillors whose ward falls within a parliamentary constituency form the members of each local development committee. Typically, there are 8 to 10 councillors on each committee. Local Development Committees are tasked with dealing with issues that are specific to their local area and influencing the delivery of key council services including street cleaning, urban parks, libraries, local development, road maintenance, traffic and parking issues. Local committees meet several times per year. Members of the public are able to attend and question councillors on issues of specific concern.
External Committees
The Council also appoints elected members to serve on:
★ The Licensing Board
★ Lothian and Borders Police Board
★ Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Board
★ Lothian Valuation Joint Board
★ Forth Estuary Transport Authority
Elections
Elections to the council are held on a four year cycle, the last being held on Thursday 3 May, 2007.
Members of the council represent 17 electoral areas called wards. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, multi-member wards were introduced for the 2007 election, each electing three or four councillors by the single transferable vote system, to produce a form of proportional representation. Previously each of 58 wards elected one councillor by the first past the post system of election.
Council political composition
| 'Party' | 'Councillors' | |
| Liberal Democrat | 17 | |
| Labour | 15 | |
| Scottish National Party | 12 | |
| Conservative | 11 | |
| Scottish Green Party | 3 |
List of wards and councillors
Multi-member wards introduced for the 2007 council election:
| Ward | Map | |
|---|---|---|
|  | |
Following the local elections on 3 May, 2007, the representation on the council was as follows:
| 'Ward' | 'Councillors' | 'Party' | |||||||||||
| Almond | George Grubb | Liberal Democrat | |||||||||||
| Kate Mackenzie | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| Norman Work | Scottish National Party | ||||||||||||
| Pentland Hills | Ronald Cairns | Scottish National Party | |||||||||||
| Ricky Henderson | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Alistair S Paisley | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| Drum Brae/Gyle | Robert Aldridge | Liberal Democrat | |||||||||||
| Jenny Dawe | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Colin Keir | Scottish National Party | ||||||||||||
| Forth | Steve Cardownie | Scottish National Party | |||||||||||
| Allan Jackson | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Maginnis | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Elaine Morris | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Inverleith | Lesley Hinds | Labour | |||||||||||
| Stuart McIvor | Scottish National Party | ||||||||||||
| Tim McKay | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Iain Whyte | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| Corstorphine/Murrayfield | Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | |||||||||||
| Paul Edie | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Phil Wheeler | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Sighthill/Gorgie | Nick Elliott-Cannon | Scottish National Party | |||||||||||
| Eric Milligan | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Joanna Toomey | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Donald Wilson | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Colinton/Fairmilehead | Elaine Aitken | Conservative | |||||||||||
| Eric Barry | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Jason Rust | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart | Andrew Burns | Labour | |||||||||||
| Gordon Buchan | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| Jim Lowrie | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Meadows/Morningside | Paul Godzik | Labour | |||||||||||
| Alison Johnstone | Scottish Green Party | ||||||||||||
| Marilyne MacLaren | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Mark McInnes | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| City Centre | David Beckett | Scottish National Party | |||||||||||
| Charles Dundas | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Joanna Mowatt | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| Leith Walk | Angela Blacklock | Labour | |||||||||||
| Deidre Brock | Scottish National Party | ||||||||||||
| Maggie Chapman | Scottish Green Party | ||||||||||||
| Louise Lang | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Leith | Gordon Munro | Labour | |||||||||||
| Rob Munn | Scottish National Party | ||||||||||||
| Marjorie Thomas | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Craigentinny/Duddingston | Ewan Aitken | Labour | |||||||||||
| Gary Peacock | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Stefan Tymkewycz | Scottish National Party | ||||||||||||
| Southside/Newington | Steve Burgess | Scottish Green Party | |||||||||||
| Gordon Mackenzie | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Ian Perry | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Cameron Rose | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| Liberton/Gilmerton | Tom Buchanan | Scottish National Party | |||||||||||
| Norma Hart | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Ian Murray | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Conor Snowden | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| Portobello/Craigmillar | Michael Bridgeman | Scottish National Party | |||||||||||
| Maureen Child | Labour | ||||||||||||
| Stephen Hawkins | Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||||
| ''Source: City of Edinburgh Council'' | |||||||||||||
Parliament of the United Kingdom
For elections to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the city is divided between five constituencies, each of which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. All five constituencies are entirely within the city area.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 2005, ''Edinburgh'' House of Commons constituencies had exactly the same names and boundaries as the Scottish Parliament constituencies listed above. However, in order to reduce Scotland's historical over representation in the House of Commons, Scotland's share of constituencies was reduced from 72 to 59, in accordance with proposals drawn up by the Boundary Commission for Scotland. The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 enabled Scottish Parliament constituencies to remain unaltered despite new arrangements for House of Commons constituencies, which resulted in the loss of one ''Edinburgh'' constituency and redrawing of boundaries for the others. As a result of the boundary review[1][2]:
★ Edinburgh Central constituency was abolished and split between the original Edinburgh North and Leith and Edinburgh West constituencies and an entirely new constituency that was created - Edinburgh South West.
★ Edinburgh East and Musselburgh took in parts of the Edinburgh North and Leith seat, with the town of Musselburgh being transferred into the East Lothian constituency, with the new seat renamed Edinburgh East.
★ Edinburgh Pentlands constituency was also divided between the new Edinburgh South West seat and the existing Edinburgh South seat.
★ Edinburgh North and Leith was increased in size by taking in parts of the old Edinburgh Central constituency.
★ Edinburgh South was expanded in size taking in elements of the old Edinburgh Pentlands seat.
★ Edinburgh South West was an entirely new constituency created for the 2005 UK general election taking in elements of the old Edinburgh Central seat, the original Edinburgh West seat and Edinburgh Pentlands seat.
★ Edinburgh West was expanded to include some parts of the defunct Edinburgh Central seat.
Current political composition:
| 'Party' | 'Constituency' | 'Member' | |
| Liberal Democrat | Edinburgh West | John Barrett | |
| Labour | Edinburgh South West | Alistair Darling | |
| Labour | Edinburgh South | Nigel Griffiths | |
| Labour | Edinburgh North and Leith | Mark Lazarowicz | |
| Labour Co-operative | Edinburgh East | Gavin Strang |
Constituencies since 1708
''Edinburgh'' has been used in ten different constituency names since 1708, the date of the first election to the Parliament of Great Britain (which was merged into the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801). There have been up to six ''Edinburgh'' constituencies at any one time.
Two names, ''Edinburgh South'' and ''Edinburgh West'' have been in continuous use since 1885. One name, ''Edinburgh East'', also first used in 1885, fell out of use in 1997 and returned to use in 2005.
Survival of a name does not in itself mean that a constituency's boundaries have been unaltered.
Lists of constituencies:
| Period | Constituencies |
|---|---|
| 1708 to 1885 | Edinburgh |
| 1885 to 1918 | Edinburgh Central , Edinburgh East, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West |
| 1918 to 1950 | Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West |
| 1950 to 1983 | Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West |
| 1983 to 1997 | Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West |
| 1997 to 2005 | Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West |
| 2005 to present | Edinburgh East, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh South West and Edinburgh West |
Scottish Parliament
For elections to the Scottish Parliament, the city is divided between six of the nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region. Each constituency elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and the region elects seven additional members (also called ''MSPs'') to produce a form of proportional representation.
One of the ''Edinburgh'' constituencies includes Musselburgh, which is outside the city, in East Lothian.
Until the United Kingdom general election, 2005, ''Edinburgh'' Scottish Parliament and Parliament of the United Kingdom constituencies were coterminous (shared the same geographical boundaries). The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004, a piece of United Kingdom Parliament legislation, had removed the link, to enable Scottish Parliament constituencies to retain established boundaries despite the introduction of new boundaries for United Kingdom Parliament constituencies.
In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, the six ''Edinburgh'' constituencies elected two Labour MSPs, two Liberal Democrat MSPs, one Conservative MSP, and one Scottish National Party MSP:
| 'Party' | 'Constituency' | 'Member' | |
| Labour | Edinburgh Central | Sarah Boyack | |
| Labour | Edinburgh North and Leith | Malcolm Chisholm | |
| Scottish National Party | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Kenny MacAskill | |
| Conservative | Edinburgh Pentlands | David McLetchie | |
| Liberal Democrat | Edinburgh South | Mike Pringle | |
| Liberal Democrat | Edinburgh West | Margaret Smith |
The following additional members were elected to represent the Lothians electoral region:
| 'Party' | 'Member' | |
| Conservative | Gavin Brown | |
| Labour | George Foulkes | |
| Scottish Green Party | Robin Harper | |
| Scottish National Party | Fiona Hyslop | |
| Independent | Margo MacDonald | |
| Scottish National Party | Ian McKee | |
| Scottish National Party | Stefan Tymkewycz |
Footnotes
1. ''BBC News 2002'' Political landscape set to change
2. ''Boundary Commission for Scotland, 2004'' Fifth Periodical Review of Constituencies
See also
Wikipedia articles
★ List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh
★ Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
★ Lothian Regional Council
External pages
★ Edinburgh City Council
★ Edinburgh City Council - How the Council Works
★ CityMayors feature
★ Your Edinburgh
★ Edinburgh City Council Local Plan
★ Scottish Parliament
★ United Kingdom Parliament
★ Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
★ EdinburghSucks.com - An alternative view of politics in the City
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