Edinburgh Pentlands (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Edinburgh Pentlands
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Edinburgh
1950–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Edinburgh South West Edinburgh South
Created from	Midlothian and Peebles Northern

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.

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
	1950	Lord John Hope	Conservative
	1964	Norman Wylie	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Malcolm Rifkind	Conservative
	1997	Lynda Clark	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Edinburgh South West & Edinburgh South

Election of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Clark	15,797	40.6	-2.4
	Conservative	Malcolm Rifkind	14,055	36.1	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/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

General Election 1997: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Democrat	Jenny Dawe	4,575	10.0	-2.6
	Referendum	Malcolm McDonald	422	0.9	N/A
	Green	Robin Harper	224	0.5	N/A
	UKIP	Alistair McConnachie	81	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,862	10.6
Turnout			45,742	76.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.1

General Election 1992: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Rifkind	18,128	40.7
	Labour	Mark Lazarowicz	13,838	31.1
	SNP	Ms Kathleen Caskie	6,882	15.4
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Anthony 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

General Election 1987: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Rifkind	17,278	38.27
	Labour	Mark Lazarowicz	13,533	29.98
	Social Democratic	Keith Anthony Smith	11,072	24.52
	SNP	Donald Neil MacCormick	3,264	7.23
Majority			3,745	8.30
Turnout				77.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Rifkind	17,051	39.19
	Social Democratic	Keith Anthony Smith	12,742	29.28
	Labour	E Milligan	10,390	23.88
	SNP	Donald Neil 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

General Election 1979: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election October 1974: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election February 1974: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Rifkind	18,162	41.20
	Labour	John 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

General Election 1970: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Wylie	21,829	46.11
	Labour	Ewan 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

General Election 1966: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1964: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1959: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1955: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1951: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1950: Edinburgh Pentlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Notes and references

Westminster constituencies of Scotland

1708 to 1832 1832 to 1868 1868 to 1885 1885 to 1918 1918 to 1950 1950 to 1955 1955 to 1974 1974 to 1983 1983 to 1997 1997 to 2005

Current constituencies (2005 to present)

Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie & Shotts Angus Argyll & Bute Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Banff & Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline & West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North & Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Kilmarnock & Loudoun Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lanark & Hamilton East Linlithgow & East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell & Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire & Arran North East Fife Ochil & South Perthshire Orkney & Shetland Paisley & Renfrewshire North Paisley & Renfrewshire South Perth & North Perthshire Ross, Skye & Lochaber Rutherglen & Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine West Dunbartonshire

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County constituencies	Argyll Ayr Banffshire Berwick and East Lothian Bothwell Bute and Northern Ayrshire Caithness and Sutherland Central Ayrshire CC Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Dumfriesshire East Aberdeenshire East Dunbartonshire East Fife East Renfrewshire Galloway Hamilton Inverness Kilmarnock Kinross and Western Perthshire Lanark Midlothian and Peebles Moray and Nairn Motherwell North Angus and Mearns North Lanarkshire Orkney and Zetland Perth and East Perthshire Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh and Selkirk Rutherglen South Angus South Ayrshire West Aberdeenshire West Dunbartonshire West Fife West Lothian West Renfrewshire West Stirlingshire Western Isles

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