Edinburgh South

Current MP

Ian Murray

Labour

Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Efficiency 8.7/1016 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Edinburgh South

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards2,892 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,079 local · 3,084,713 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,012 local · 550,136 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza599 local · 198,966 total
• Call an immediate general election589 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants505 local · 720,772 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.496 local · 128,749 total
• Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable472 local · 109,063 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders443 local · 188,125 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations437 local · 144,783 total
• Don't apply VAT to independent school fees, or remove business rates relief.426 local · 115,560 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold426 local · 189,887 total
• Keep 5-year ILR terms to Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visas367 local · 114,605 total
• Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible356 local · 136,650 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders334 local · 244,450 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy316 local · 118,874 total
• Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media313 local · 132,102 total
• Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services301 local · 83,222 total
• Cancel the clinical trial into puberty blockers & safeguard vulnerable children291 local · 150,424 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers280 local · 427,447 total

About Edinburgh South

Edinburgh South is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Scotland and has a registered electorate of 70,838 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.