Edinburgh West
Scotland · Burgh constituency · City of Edinburgh
About the Edinburgh West constituency
Edinburgh West is a burgh constituency in Scotland. The sitting MP is Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat), MP since June 2017. At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won with 50.8% to 19.4% for the SNP, a majority of 16,470 votes on a 68.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Liberal Democrats on 36.1% and the SNP on 24.1%, a margin of 12.0 points.
Who lives in Edinburgh West? Constituency demographics
From Scotland's 2022 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Edinburgh West vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Edinburgh West
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from Scotland's 2022 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
How Edinburgh West voted at the Scottish Parliament election (7 May 2026)
Edinburgh West crosses multiple Holyrood boundaries (approximate share of the seat's area in each): Edinburgh North Western (85%), Edinburgh Northern (7%), Edinburgh South Western (4%), Bathgate (1%). Scotland uses the Additional Member System: voters cast one ballot for a constituency MSP and a second for a regional list. The figures below are the constituency vote.
| Holyrood constituency | Approx. share of Edinburgh West's area | Winner | Runner-up | Elected MSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh North Western | 85% | Liberal Democrats 57.2% | SNP 24.8% | Alex Cole-Hamilton |
| Edinburgh Northern | 7% | Liberal Democrats 34.6% | SNP 27.9% | Sanne Dijkstra-Downie |
| Edinburgh South Western | 4% | SNP 36.2% | Labour 26.0% | Simita Kumar |
| Bathgate | 1% | SNP 40.7% | Labour 24.0% | Pauline Stafford |
Holyrood 2026 constituency results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are approximate shares of the Westminster seat's land area, not of its electorate. They come from an area overlay of the post-2024 Westminster boundary on simplified Holyrood second-review boundaries (in force from 7 May 2026), so they do not always sum to 100% and small overlaps may be artefacts of the simplified boundaries.
Edinburgh West within City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh West sits entirely within City of Edinburgh Council. City of Edinburgh was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results with vote counts available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| City of Edinburgh | 100% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council result per ward, from the most recent election with vote counts available. How this table is sourced ›
Scottish council wards elect several councillors each by STV, so for these wards the table shows first preferences, not seats: the party with the most first-preference votes and each other party's share. 2022 figures are from the official cast-vote records.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council first preferences | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almond | Lib Dem 57.4%vs SNP 19.6% | 2022 Lib Dem 59.9%SNP 20.9%, Conservative 7.5%, Green 5.3%, Labour 5.0%, Others 1.5% | - | - |
| City Centre | Labour 37.9%vs SNP 28.1% | 2022 SNP 24.5%Conservative 21.4%, Green 19.8%, Lib Dem 15.1%, Labour 14.6%, Independent 3.4%, Others 1.2% | - | - |
| Corstorphine / Murrayfield | Lib Dem 55.5%vs SNP 17.7% | 2022 Lib Dem 49.8%SNP 18.7%, Conservative 16.0%, Labour 7.8%, Green 6.9%, Others 0.8% | - | - |
| Drum Brae / Gyle | Lib Dem 54.5%vs SNP 21.0% | 2022 Lib Dem 51.8%SNP 23.9%, Conservative 11.1%, Labour 6.2%, Green 5.9%, Others 1.1% | - | - |
| Inverleith | Lib Dem 30.6%vs Labour 28.4% | 2022 Lib Dem 33.7%Conservative 20.0%, SNP 19.7%, Green 12.8%, Labour 12.6%, Others 1.1%, Independent 0.1% | - | - |
| Pentland Hills | Labour 35.1%vs SNP 30.5% | 2022 Conservative 34.0%SNP 31.3%, Labour 17.1%, Lib Dem 8.0%, Green 7.8%, Others 1.7% | - | - |
| Sighthill / Gorgie | Labour 41.8%vs SNP 33.2% | 2022 SNP 36.2%Labour 23.0%, Green 13.3%, Conservative 11.8%, Independent 9.5%, Lib Dem 4.2%, Others 2.0% | - | - |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Edinburgh West at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Edinburgh West at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | SNP | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | LD hold | Mike Crockart | 27.7% | 23.2% | 35.9% | 13.2% | 3,803 | 71.3% |
| 2015 | SNP gain from LD | Michelle Thomson | 11.7% | 12.3% | 33.1% | 39.0% | 3,210 | 76.5%+5.2 |
| 2017 | LD gain from SNP | Christine Jardine | 14.9% | 21.9% | 34.3% | 28.6% | 2,988 | 73.8%-2.7 |
| 2019notional | Liberal Democrat winner | Christine Jardine 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 8.7% | 18.0% | 38.2% | 33.0% | 2,888 | 71.7%-2.1 |
| 2024 | LD hold | Christine Jardine | 15.0% | 5.5% | 50.8% | 19.4% | 16,470 | 68.6%-3.1 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Edinburgh West
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Edinburgh West. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Leave28.8 / 25.7vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate58.5 / 56.4vs 33.7
- ↑Owner-occupied77.5 / 82.6vs 61.9
- ↑Graduate58.5 / 57.4vs 33.7
- ↓Leave28.8 / 34.8vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied77.5 / 85.7vs 61.9
- ↑Graduate58.5 / 51.5vs 33.7
- ↑Owner-occupied77.5 / 77.0vs 61.9
- ↓Leave28.8 / 39.2vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate58.5 / 51.6vs 33.7
- ↑Owner-occupied77.5 / 79.4vs 61.9
- ↓Leave28.8 / 41.0vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate58.5 / 48.7vs 33.7
- ↓Leave28.8 / 38.6vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied77.5 / 74.3vs 61.9
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic model at the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls, built from the British Election Study Internet Panel (Fieldhouse et al.), Census 2021 (ONS) and Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). The trajectory was recalculated with the current model, introduced in autumn 2026.
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