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The '''politics of Edinburgh''' are expressed in the deliberations and decisions of the [[The City of Edinburgh Council|City of Edinburgh Council]], in elections to the council, the [[Scottish Parliament]] and the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]].

Also, as Scotland's [[capital city]], Edinburgh is host to the Scottish Parliament and the main offices of the [[Scottish Government]].

The City of Edinburgh became a unitary council area in 1996, under the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]], with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Edinburgh [[Regions and districts of Scotland|district]] of the [[Lothian]] [[Regions and districts of Scotland|region]].

As one of the [[unitary council area|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 [[Urban renewal|regeneration]]. For such purposes the City of Edinburgh is divided into 17 [[ward (politics)|ward]]s.

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, Edinburgh|Holyrood]] area of Edinburgh), the city area is divided among six [[Scottish Parliament constituencies]], each returning one [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP), and is within the [[Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Lothians]] [[Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions|electoral region]].

The [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] (at the [[Palace of Westminster]]) legislates on matters such as [[taxation]], [[foreign policy]], [[National security|defence]], [[employment]] and [[trade]]. For elections to the [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]] of this parliament, the city area is divided among five [[United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies]], with each constituency returning one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election.

On 18 September 2014, Edinburgh voted "No" in the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|Independence referendum]] by 61.1% to 38.9% with an 84.4% turnout rate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indyref|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/scotland-decides/live|website=BBC|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref>

==The City of Edinburgh Council==
{{main|The City of Edinburgh Council}}
[[File:Edinburgh City Chambers.jpg|thumb|[[Edinburgh City Chambers]], headquarters of the council]]
The current Lord Provost of Edinburgh is Robert Aldridge, who replaced Frank Ross in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edinburgh appoints new Lord Provost|url=https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/13480/edinburgh-appoints-new-lord-provost|access-date=2022-05-26|website=www.edinburgh.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref> In Scotland, the Lord Provost fulfils many similar roles to that of a Mayor in some other countries. Cllr Aldridge has been on the Council since 1984, previously leading the Liberal Democrat group, and was elected unanimously. He was the first Lord Provost to welcome a new monarch (Charles III) to Edinburgh with the Ceremony of the Keys since 1952.

Elections to the Council are held every four/five years electing 63 councillors. The most recent elections took place in [[2022 City of Edinburgh Council election|May 2022]] and the next election will be in [[2027 City of Edinburgh Council election|May 2027]]. Prior to May 2022, the Council was controlled by a [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour]]/[[Scottish National Party]] coalition. Following the 2022 election, a minority Labour administration took control, with Cammy Day as the new council leader, replacing former leader Adam McVey. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Edinburgh council: Labour will run city as minority administration after SNP-Green deal blocked|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/edinburgh-council-labour-will-run-city-as-minority-administration-after-snp-green-deal-blocked-3709973|website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com|date=26 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2013, the Council was the second-largest employer in Edinburgh, with a total of 18,617 employees.<ref>[http://www.edinburgh-inspiringcapital.com/pdf/Edinburgh%20by%20Numbers%202013-14%20Final.pdf "Edinburgh by Numbers 2013/14"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016173559/http://www.edinburgh-inspiringcapital.com/pdf/Edinburgh%20by%20Numbers%202013-14%20Final.pdf |date=16 October 2013 }}</ref>

===Council political composition===
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local Government Election 2022 results|url=https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/election-results/local-government-elections-2022-results|access-date=2022-05-26|website=www.edinburgh.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|width="5"|
|width="140"|'''Party'''
|width="180"|'''Councillors'''
|-

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
|19
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Labour Party|Labour]]
|11
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]]
|14
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish Green Party}}" |
|[[Scottish Green Party|Scottish Greens]]
|10
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|9
|-
|}

==The Edinburgh Corporation and former local government==
{{see also|Category:City of Edinburgh Council elections}}
Prior to the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973]] Edinburgh was administered by the single tier "Edinburgh Corporation", which covered the "City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh". As such, the Edinburgh Corporation was responsible for local government services, such as the Edinburgh Corporation Transport Department ([[Edinburgh Corporation Tramways]] until 1928). The Edinburgh Corporation had the power to make [[Burgess of Edinburgh|Burgesses (freemen) of the City of Edinburgh]] and to grant "Seals of Cause" to Guilds and trade organisations. The Edinburgh Corporation awarded Burgess Tickets through the Lord Dean of Guild, an office in the Corporation. Like the [[Corporation of the City of London]], Burgess Tickets were often awarded along with a 'Freedom Casket' – a container to hold the ticket. Bodies such as the [[Merchant Company of Edinburgh]], the [[Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh]] and the [[High Constables of Edinburgh|High Constables of Edinburgh]] formed part of the corporation, contributing members of the corporation and law enforcement officers. The Edinburgh Corporation had the power to institute these organisations via the granting of a "Seal of Cause". This empowered a society as "a legal corporation with power to hold property, make its own by-laws and regulations". Other organisations to receive the "Seal of Cause" include [[The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh]], who received their seal on 2 July 1800.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/oldest-golf-clubs-societies/1735-royal-burgess-golf-society/|title=1735 Royal Burgess Golf Society - Scottish Golf History}}</ref> The history of the corporation lives on elsewhere around the city, for example in the name of the members of Muirfield golf club, who were granted a charter by the corporation in 1800 becoming [[Muirfield|"The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers"]]. Many of Edinburgh's ceremonies and traditions date back to the days of the Edinburgh Corporation, such as the [[Ceremony of the Keys#Edinburgh|Edinburgh Ceremony of the Keys]], where the Lord Provost symbolically hands the keys to the City of Edinburgh to the monarch, who hands them back to the [[List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh|Lord Provost]] proclaiming "that they cannot be placed in better hands than those of the Lord Provost and Councillors of my good City of Edinburgh".

In 1975, Edinburgh Corporation was abolished. The new two-tier system consisted of Lothian Regional Council (with responsibility for water, education, social work and transport) and the City of Edinburgh District Council (with responsibility for cleansing and libraries). The City of Edinburgh became a single-tier [[council area]] in 1996, under the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]], with the boundaries of the City of Edinburgh [[Regions and districts of Scotland|district]] of the [[Lothian]] [[Regions and districts of Scotland|region]]. The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include the former [[Counties of Scotland|county of city]] of Edinburgh; the former [[burgh]] of [[South Queensferry, Edinburgh|Queensferry]], the district of Kirkliston and part of Winchburgh formerly within the [[West Lothian (historic)|county of West Lothian]]; and the district of Currie and the parish of Cramond formerly within the [[Midlothian (historic)|county of Midlothian]].

==Parliament of the United Kingdom==
{{main|House of Commons of the United Kingdom}}

For elections to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]], the city is divided among five [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituencies]], each of which elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|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 [[2005 United Kingdom general election]], ''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:<ref>''BBC News 2002'' [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1805800.stm Political landscape set to change]</ref><ref>''Boundary Commission for Scotland, 2004'' [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ Fifth Periodical Review of Constituencies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921124603/http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ |date=21 September 2007 }}</ref>

*[[Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Central]] constituency was abolished and split between the original [[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]] and [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]] constituencies and an entirely new constituency that was created – [[Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South West]].
*[[Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East and Musselburgh]] took in parts of the [[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]] seat, with the town of [[Musselburgh]] being transferred into the [[East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)|East Lothian]] constituency, with the new seat renamed [[Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East]].
*[[Edinburgh Pentlands (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Pentlands]] constituency was also divided between the new [[Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South West]] seat and the existing [[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]] seat.
*[[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]] was increased in size by taking in parts of the old [[Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Central]] constituency.
*[[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]] was expanded in size taking in elements of the old [[Edinburgh Pentlands (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Pentlands]] seat.
*[[Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South West]] was an entirely new constituency created for the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 UK general election]] taking in elements of the old [[Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Central]] seat, the original [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]] seat and [[Edinburgh Pentlands (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Pentlands]] seat.
*[[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]] was expanded to include some parts of the defunct [[Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Central]] seat.

Current political composition:

{|class="wikitable"
|width="5"|
|width="170"|'''Party'''
|width="150"|'''Constituency'''
|width="150"|'''Member'''
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish National Party|Scottish Labour Party]]
|[[Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East and Musselburgh]]
|[[Chris Murray (politician)|Chris Murray]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Labour Party]]
|[[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]
|[[Tracy Gilbert]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Labour Party]] 
|[[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]]
|[[Ian Murray (Scottish politician)|Ian Murray]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Labour Party]]
|[[Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South West]]
|[[Scott Arthur]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Liberal Democrats]]
|[[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]]
|[[Christine Jardine]]
|}

=== 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:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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==

{{main|Scottish Parliament}}

For elections to the [[Scottish Parliament]], the city is divided among six of the nine [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituencies]] in the [[Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Lothian]] 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 member system (Scottish Parliament)|additional members]] (also called ''MSPs'') to produce a form of [[proportional representation]].

Until the [[2005 United Kingdom general election]], ''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 [[2016 Scottish Parliament election]], the six ''Edinburgh'' constituencies elected 4 [[Scottish National Party]] MSPs, one [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour]] and one [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] MSP:

{|class="wikitable"
|width="5"|
|width="140"|'''Party'''
|width="170"|'''Constituency'''
|width="150"|'''Member'''
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|[[Scottish National Party]]
|[[Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Central]]
|[[Angus Robertson]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|[[Scottish National Party]]
|[[Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Eastern]]
|[[Ash Denham]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|[[Scottish National Party]]
|[[Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Northern and Leith]]
|[[Ben Macpherson (politician)|Ben Macpherson]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|[[Scottish National Party]]
|[[Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Pentlands]]
|[[Gordon MacDonald (Scottish politician)|Gordon MacDonald]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Labour Party]]
|[[Edinburgh Southern (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Southern]]
|[[Daniel Johnson (Scottish politician)|Daniel Johnson]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Liberal Democrats]]
|[[Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Western]]
|[[Alex Cole-Hamilton]]
|}

The following additional members were elected to represent the [[Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Lothian]] electoral region:

{|class="wikitable"
|width="5"|
|width="140"|'''Party'''
|width="180"|'''Member'''
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Conservatives]]
|[[Miles Briggs]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Conservatives]]
|[[Sue Webber]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Conservatives]]
|[[Jeremy Balfour]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Labour Party]]
|[[Sarah Boyack]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Scottish Labour Party]]
|[[Foysol Choudhury]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish Green Party}}" |
|[[Scottish Green Party]]
|[[Alison Johnstone]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish Green Party}}" |
|[[Scottish Green Party]]
|[[Lorna Slater]]
|}

==Scottish Independence referendum, 2014==
At the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]] voters in Edinburgh rejected independence by a margin of 61.1% No to 38.9% Yes. Turnout was 84.4%. Numerically, Edinburgh had the largest number of No votes out of all 32 council areas in Scotland with 194,638 No votes to 123,927 Yes votes. The difference between the number of Yes and No votes was largest in Edinburgh by comparison to any other council area in Scotland at 70,711. The results were in marked contrast to [[Politics of Glasgow#Other elections|those in Glasgow]], where each of the city's constituencies voted Yes.

===Results by UK Parliament constituency===
[[File:Edinburgh Scottish independence referendum.svg|thumb|300px|A map of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum results by UK Parliamentary constituency in City of Edinburgh, where saturation of colour denotes strength of vote.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:22%"| UK Parliament constituency<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/3976/analysis_of_voting_totals_in_the_scottish_independence_referendum_for_the_city_of_edinburgh_area|date=19 September 2014|publisher=City of Edinburgh council|access-date=3 June 2016|title=Scottish Independence Referendum Results|archive-date=6 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806181952/http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/3976/analysis_of_voting_totals_in_the_scottish_independence_referendum_for_the_city_of_edinburgh_area|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| Yes votes
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| No votes
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| Yes (%)
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| No (%)
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| Valid votes
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East]]
| 27,500
| '''30,632'''
| 47.3%
|{{No|'''52.7%'''|align=right}}
| 58,232
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]
| 28,813
| '''43,253'''
| 40.0%
|{{No|'''60.0%'''|align=right}}
| 72,181
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]]
| 20,340
| '''38,298'''
| 34.7%
|{{No|'''65.3%'''|align=right}}
| 58,738
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South West]]
| 24,659
| '''39,509'''
| 38.4%
|{{No|'''61.6%'''|align=right}}
| 64,249
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]]
| 22,615
| '''42,946'''
| 34.5%
|{{No|'''65.5%'''|align=right}}
| 65,625
|-
! scope="row"| City of Edinburgh
!123,927
!194,638
!38.9%
!style="background: crimson; color: white"|61.1%
!319,025
|}

==UK European Union membership referendum, 2016==

In 2016, Edinburgh voted in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|European Union membership referendum]]. While the United Kingdom as a whole voted to leave the EU, Edinburgh overwhelmingly voted to Remain, giving the ninth highest Remain vote share of any counting area. Only Gibraltar and seven boroughs in London had higher vote shares for Remain.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:22%"| UK Parliament constituency
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| Leave votes
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| Remain votes
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| Leave (%)
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| Remain (%)
! scope="col" style="width:13%"| Valid votes
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East]]
| 12,153
| '''31,821'''
| 27.8%
|style="text-align: right; background:#fea;" |'''72.4%'''
| 43,974
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]
| 12,435
| '''44,618'''
| 21.8%
|style="text-align: right; background:#fea;" |'''78.2%'''
| 57,053
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]]
| 10,549
| '''37,069'''
| 22.2%
|style="text-align: right; background:#fea;" |'''77.8%'''
| 47,618
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South West]]
| 14,008
| '''36,269'''
| 27.9%
|style="text-align: right; background:#fea;" |'''72.1%'''
| 50,277
|-
|scope="row" style="text-align:left"|[[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]]
| 15,353
| '''38,019'''
| 28.7%
|style="text-align: right; background:#fea;" |'''71.3%'''
| 53,372
|-
! scope="row"| City of Edinburgh
!64,498
!187,796
!25.6%
!style="background: #fea"|74.4%
!252,294
|}

==See also==
*[[Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh]]
*[[List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh]]
*[[Lothian Regional Council]]
*[[Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004]]
*[[Politics of Aberdeen]]
*[[Politics of Dundee]]
*[[Politics of Glasgow]]
*[[Politics of Scotland]]
*[[Politics of the Highland council area]]

==References==
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