Edinburgh West

Current MP

Christine Jardine

Liberal Democrat

Efficiency 0.4/109 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Edinburgh West

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,308 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,740 local · 3,084,713 total
• Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable988 local · 109,063 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act907 local · 550,136 total
• Call an immediate general election796 local · 1,059,229 total
• Don't apply VAT to independent school fees, or remove business rates relief.743 local · 115,560 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants682 local · 720,772 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza530 local · 198,966 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders388 local · 188,125 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders382 local · 244,450 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 360 local · 281,794 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold351 local · 189,887 total
• Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media338 local · 132,102 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures332 local · 257,938 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers323 local · 427,447 total
• Introduce a compensation scheme for WASPI women308 local · 161,788 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations301 local · 144,783 total
• Cancel the clinical trial into puberty blockers & safeguard vulnerable children295 local · 150,424 total
• Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible288 local · 136,650 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.270 local · 128,749 total

About Edinburgh West

Edinburgh 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 76,490 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.