Edinburgh South West

Current MP

Dr Scott Arthur

Labour

Efficiency 7.3/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Edinburgh South West

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,268 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,278 local · 3,084,713 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,161 local · 550,136 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders676 local · 188,125 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders667 local · 244,450 total
• Call an immediate general election658 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants645 local · 720,772 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza534 local · 198,966 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.500 local · 128,749 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold453 local · 189,887 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations402 local · 144,783 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers333 local · 427,447 total
• Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable317 local · 109,063 total
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership317 local · 239,407 total
• Don't apply VAT to independent school fees, or remove business rates relief.312 local · 115,560 total
• Decriminalise Abortion309 local · 103,653 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures304 local · 257,938 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 299 local · 281,794 total
• Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible288 local · 136,650 total
• Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services275 local · 83,222 total

About Edinburgh South West

Edinburgh South West 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 73,784 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.