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Edinburgh West
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gain
from Conservative
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
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0 ( 0.0%)
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13,325 (28.0%)
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8,948 (18.8%)
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20,578 (43.2%)
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4,210 ( 8.8%)
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570 ( 1.2%)
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61,133
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47,631 (77.9%)
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
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Edinburgh West
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4,291 ( 8.3%)
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19,715 (38.2%)
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8,961 (17.4%)
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15,424 (29.9%)
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6,471 (12.5%)
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1,027 ( 2.0%)
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Conservative
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61,995
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51,598 (83.2%)
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-10.2%
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+1.4%
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+13.3%
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-3.7%
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-0.8%
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-1.4%
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-5.3%
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In the last three general elections - 1983, 1987 and 1992 - Edinburgh West has seen some of the closest battles in Scotland. The Conservative MP, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, has held off Donald Gorrie's Liberal (Democrat) challenge successively by just 498 votes, then 1,234, then 879 in 1992. No wonder they call him 'Lucky Jimmy'!
The western constituency in Scotland's capital consists mainly of attractive and affluent housing areas such as Barnton, Cramond and Corstorphine, the catchment areas for some of Edinburgh's best schools. It also includes Pilton, one of the most notorious council estates in the capital, which has had a drug problem which would rival that to be found in any of Glasgow's areas of multiple deprivation. However Labour are firmly in third place in West, which is right at the top of The Liberal Democrat target list in Scotland.
Unfortunately for Donald Gorrie - trying again for the fifth time here - boundary changes, taking the seat even further to the west to include Queensferry, do not help the Lib Dems at all, increasing the Tory majority to over 4,000. Perhaps 'Lucky Jimmy' will be fortunate once again.
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5,707
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17.61
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9.03
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195
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2,362
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7.29
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11.17
|
65
|
|
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4,339
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13.39
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11.25
|
119
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5,586
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17.24
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14.70
|
117
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1,535
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4.74
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10.45
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45
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341
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1.05
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2.81
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37
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2,576
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7.95
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8.01
|
99
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5,231
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16.14
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15.25
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106
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468
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1.44
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7.13
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20
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4,265
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13.16
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10.17
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129
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