Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh Pentlands
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh Pentlands shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population77,633 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPGordon MacDonald
Council areaCity of Edinburgh

Edinburgh Pentlands (Gaelic: Dùn Èideann Pentlands) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Edinburgh. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Gordon MacDonald of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

  1. ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

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