Current MP
Current representation
Scott Arthur
Labour
Male
Previous MP: Joanna Cherry (SNP) - defeated 2024
Constituency view
Edinburgh South West
Scotland
Lab gain from SNP
2024 Results
Party breakdown
Labour18,663 - 40.9%
SNP12,446 - 27.3%
Conservative5,558 - 12.2%
Green3,450 - 7.6%
Lib Dem3,014 - 6.6%
Reform2,087 - 4.6%
Other446 - 1.0%
Demographics
Demographics
Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.
Ethnic composition
2021
White 83.6%White British 60.0%Asian 9.3%Black, African or Caribbean 2.9%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 2.0%
England & Wales (2021)
White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%
2011 data not available for this constituency.
2001 data not available for this constituency.
1991 data not available for this constituency.
Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.
Country of birth
Edinburgh South West (2021)
UK 76.2%Other EU 9.3%Other countries 14.5%
England & Wales (2021)
UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%
2011 data not available for this topic.
2001 data not available for this topic.
1991 data not available for this topic.