Editing Edinburgh (section)

==Government and politics==
{{Main|Politics of Edinburgh|City of Edinburgh Council}}

===Government===
[[File:Edinburgh - 2016 - panoramio - StevenL (9).jpg|thumb|right|[[Edinburgh City Chambers]] is the headquarters of the [[City of Edinburgh Council]].]]

Following local government reorganisation in 1996, the City of Edinburgh Council constitutes one of the [[Council areas of Scotland|32 council areas of Scotland]].<ref name="act">{{Cite web |date=3 November 1994 |title=Schedule 1 – New Local Government Areas – Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/contents#sch1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128060111/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/contents#sch1 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |access-date=12 February 2013 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)}}</ref> Like all other [[local authorities of Scotland]], the council has powers over most matters of local administration such as housing, planning, [[Transport in Edinburgh|local transport]], parks, economic development and regeneration.<ref name="act1">{{Cite web |date=3 November 1994 |title=Chapter 6 – Functions – Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1994/ukpga_19940039_en_4#pt1-ch6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625212935/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1994/ukpga_19940039_en_4#pt1-ch6 |archive-date=25 June 2008 |access-date=8 June 2008 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)}}</ref> The council comprises 63 elected [[councillor]]s, returned from 17 [[Wards of the United Kingdom|multi-member electoral wards]] in the city.<ref name="councillors">{{Cite web |title=Councillors |url=http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/councillors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201213730/http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/councillors |archive-date=1 February 2013 |access-date=12 February 2013 |publisher=City of Edinburgh Council}}</ref> Following the [[2007 City of Edinburgh Council election]] the incumbent [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour Party]] lost majority control of the council after 23 years to a [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]]/[[Scottish National Party|SNP]] coalition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2007 |title=Nationalist negotiate coalition deals in some of Scotland's largest cities |url=http://www.citymayors.com/politics/scotland-election07.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125102245/http://citymayors.com/politics/scotland-election07.html |archive-date=25 November 2010 |access-date=16 January 2011 |publisher=CityMayors Politics}}</ref>

After the 2017 election, the SNP and Labour formed a coalition administration, which lasted until the next election in 2022. The [[2022 City of Edinburgh Council election]] resulted in the most politically balanced council in the UK, with 19 SNP, 13 Labour, 12 Liberal Democrat, 10 Green, and 9 Conservative councillors. A minority Labour administration was formed, being voted in by Scottish Conservative and Scottish Liberal Democrat councillors. The SNP and Greens presented a coalition agreement, but could not command a majority in the council. This caused controversy amongst the Scottish Labour Party group for forming an administration supported by Conservatives, and led to the suspension of two Labour councillors on the council for abstaining on the vote to approve the new administration.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2022 |title=Labour suspends councillors who abstained on vote that put their party into power |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/two-edinburgh-labour-councillors-suspended-after-abstaining-on-vote-which-put-their-party-into-power-3748068 |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com |language=en}}</ref> The city's [[Coat of arms of Edinburgh|coat of arms]] was registered by the [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]] in 1732.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Urquhart |first=R M |title=Scottish Burgh and County Heraldry |publisher=Heraldry Today |year=1973 |isbn=978-0-900455-24-7 |location=London |page=9}}</ref>

===Politics=== 

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Edinburgh, like all of Scotland, is represented in the [[Scottish Parliament]], situated in the [[Holyrood, Edinburgh|Holyrood]] area of the city. For electoral purposes, the city is divided into six constituencies, which, along with 3 seats outside of the city, form part of the [[Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Lothian region]].<ref name="elections">{{Cite web |date=3 May 2007 |title=Scottish Parliament election results 2007 |url=http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/800/election_results/1067/scottish_parliamentary_election_results/1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508175548/http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/800/election_results/1067/scottish_parliamentary_election_results/1 |archive-date=8 May 2011 |access-date=14 January 2009 |publisher=Elections Office – City of Edinburgh Council}}</ref> 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|additional MSPs]] to produce a result based on a form of proportional representation.<ref name="elections" />

As of the [[2021 Scottish Parliament election|2021 election]], the Scottish National Party have four MSPs: [[Ash Denham]] for [[Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Eastern]], [[Ben Macpherson (politician)|Ben Macpherson]] for [[Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Northern and Leith]] and [[Gordon MacDonald (Scottish politician)|Gordon MacDonald]] for [[Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Pentlands]] and [[Angus Robertson]] for [[Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Central]] constituencies. [[Alex Cole-Hamilton]], the Leader of the [[Scottish Liberal Democrats]] represents [[Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Western]] and [[Daniel Johnson (Scottish politician)|Daniel Johnson]] of the [[Scottish Labour Party]] represents [[Edinburgh Southern (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Southern]] constituency. In addition, the city is also represented by seven regional MSPs representing the Lothian electoral region: The Conservatives have three regional MSPs: [[Jeremy Balfour]], [[Miles Briggs]] and [[Sue Webber]], Labour have two regional MSPs: [[Sarah Boyack]] and [[Foysol Choudhury]]; two Scottish Green regional MSPs were elected: Green's Co-Leader [[Lorna Slater]] and [[Alison Johnstone]]. However, following her election as the [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament|Presiding Officer]] of the 6th Session of the Scottish Parliament on 13 May 2021, Alison Johnstone has abided by the established parliamentary convention for speakers and renounced all affiliation with her former political party for the duration of her term as Presiding Officer. So she presently sits as an independent MSP for the Lothians Region.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Edinburgh is also represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] by five [[List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election|Members of Parliament]]. The city is divided into [[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]], [[Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East and Musselburgh]], [[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]], [[Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South West]], and [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]], each constituency electing one member by the first past the post system. Since the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 UK General election]], Edinburgh is represented by four [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour]] MPs (Tracy Gilbert in Edinburgh North and Leith, Chris Murray in Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Ian Murray in Edinburgh South, and Scott Arthur in Edinburgh South West), and one [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] MP in Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine).
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