Editing Politics of Edinburgh (section)

=== Constituencies since 1708 ===

''Edinburgh'' has been used in ten different constituency names since 1708, the date of the first election to the [[Parliament of Great Britain]] (which was merged into the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801). There have been up to six ''Edinburgh'' constituencies at any one time.

Two names, ''Edinburgh South'' and ''Edinburgh West'' have been in continuous use since 1885. One name, ''Edinburgh East'', also first used in 1885, fell out of use in 1997 and returned to use in 2005.

Survival of a name does not in itself mean that a constituency's boundaries have been unaltered.

Lists of constituencies:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Period
! Constituencies
|-
| 1708 to 1885
| Edinburgh
|-
| 1885 to 1918
| Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West
|-
| 1918 to 1950
| Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West
|-
| 1950 to 1983
| Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh North, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West
|-
| 1983 to 1997
| Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West 
|-
| 1997 to 2005
| Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West 
|-
| 2005 to present
| Edinburgh East, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh South West and Edinburgh West
|}