Edinburgh Western

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Edinburgh Western is a Scottish Parliament constituency that covers the western suburbs of the City of Edinburgh, including areas such as Cramond, Barnton, and South Queensferry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish Parliament constituency
additionalMembersFromRegion Lothian
category Politics of Edinburgh
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
country Scotland
coversArea Barnton
Clermiston
Corstorphine
Cramond
Davidson’s Mains
Drum Brae
South Queensferry
western suburbs of Edinburgh
created 2011
currentMSP Alex Cole-Hamilton
currentMSPParty Liberal Democrats
surface form: Scottish Liberal Democrats
electoralRegion Lothian
elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament
governmentJurisdiction Scottish Government
hasCouncilArea Edinburgh
surface form: City of Edinburgh
hasElectoralSystemComponent constituency vote
regional list vote
hasPostcodeArea EH
hasType constituency of the Scottish Parliament
higherLevelGovernment United Kingdom
isNamedAfter western part of Edinburgh
isPartOf City of Edinburgh council area
Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
surface form: Lothian electoral region
language English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
legislativeBody Scottish Parliament
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London
mapLabel Edinburgh West
surface form: Edinburgh Western constituency
MSPRepresents constituency
parliamentaryTerm Scottish Parliament
predecessor Edinburgh West
surface form: Edinburgh West (Scottish Parliament constituency)
represents Edinburgh
surface form: City of Edinburgh
usesElectoralRegionForProportionality Lothian
votingSystem first past the post

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2nd Earl of Selborne parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Edinburgh Western
subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
this entity surface form: West Edinburgh
Cramond partOf Edinburgh Western
this entity surface form: Edinburgh Western Harbour area