Edinburgh West | |
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Former burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Council area | City of Edinburgh |
Replaced by | Edinburgh Western |
Edinburgh West was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) from 1999 until 2011. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the Edinburgh West constituency was re-drawn and renamed Edinburgh Western.