Election 97

Edinburgh South

Current MP Nigel Griffiths
Conservative 97 9,541
Labour 97 20,993
LibDem 97 7,911
Nationalist 97 5,791
Other 97 98
Elected party
Edinburgh South

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Edinburgh South
Conservative 92 14,270
Labour 92 18,426
LibDem 92 5,855
Nationalist 92 5,719
Other 92 108
Elected party Labour

Edinburgh South contains some of Edinburgh's most genteel suburbs, with a preponderance of professional and managerial voters, as well as some sprawling peripheral council estates. Labour won this little changed seat from the Conservatives in 1987 and retained control in 1992. They should expect to hold the constituency in 1997, although any Conservative revival in Scotland could herald a Tory victory here.


Super Profiles

3,499 13.80 9.03 153
2,010 7.93 11.17 71
713 2.81 11.25 25
1,754 6.92 14.70 47
6,351 25.05 10.45 240
123 0.49 2.81 17
2,701 10.65 8.01 133
4,413 17.40 15.25 114
698 2.75 7.13 39
3,096 12.21 10.17 120