Edinburgh West covers the western side of Edinburgh and includes communities around Corstorphine, Murrayfield, South Gyle and the city’s western suburban edge. The constituency is predominantly suburban, with established residential neighbourhoods, major employment areas and transport infrastructure. Edinburgh Airport and the surrounding business and transport corridor strongly influence the western part, while areas closer to the city centre have a denser residential character. The Water of Leith, parks and golf courses provide important green spaces. Major rail, tram and road links cross the seat toward central Edinburgh and destinations farther west. Overall, the constituency combines mature suburbs with some of the capital’s most significant transport and commercial development.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Edinburgh West, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population102,540
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationScotland
Age profile
0 to 1719.8% · 20,330 people
18 to 246.7% · 6,849 people
25 to 3411.5% · 11,812 people
35 to 4920.9% · 21,411 people
50 to 6420.2% · 20,687 people
65 and over20.9% · 21,451 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
44,009 householdsCensus 2022
Home owners77.0% · 33,901 households
Private renters12.4% · 5,463 households
Social renters9.4% · 4,117 households
Other tenure1.2% · 528 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
44,009 householdsCensus 2022
One-person households32.7% · 14,382 households
Families with dependent children26.4% · 11,640 households
Other single-family households37.7% · 16,599 households
Other household types3.2% · 1,388 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
98,521 people in the source baseCensus 2022Source comparison: Scotland
Day-to-day activities limited a lot7.6% · 7,450 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little11.5% · 11,365 people
Non-disabled80.9% · 79,706 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership
Signatures in this constituency405
Signatures nationally244,689
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded121
Total awarded£9,987,993
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 26 June 2026
Annual Investment to support the Scottish Governing Body of Sport (SGB) to deliver against outcomes
BasketballScotland Limited
£10,000
Sport Scotland · Sport
About this award
Strategic Support and Intervention
National Lottery grantAwarded 29 April 2026
Disco Pigs
Grant to Individual
£38,552
Creative Scotland · Arts
About this award
This project will fund the 30th Anniversary production of iconic contemporary classic play 'Disco Pigs' by Enda Walsh, directed by early-career director Fraser Scott.
National Lottery grantAwarded 20 April 2026
Volunteering at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre
Drylaw Telford Community Association
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
This group will use funding for two years to develop and deliver a 'Volunteer Coordination and Development Programme' based at the community centre in North Edinburgh.
National Lottery grantAwarded 20 April 2026
Culture Connect Festival
Passion4Fusion
£18,429
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
This group will use funding over six months to plan and deliver a family community cohesion gala event centred on children’s football in South West Edinburgh.
National Lottery grantAwarded 13 April 2026
Dancers Connected
Errol White Company
£72,674
Creative Scotland · Arts
About this award
This project supports White & Givan’s next stage of development by strengthening the talent pipeline on which our artistic and organisational sustainability depends. Our work relies on access to exceptional freelance contemporary dancers based in Scotland, many of whom are unable to sustain performing careers due to the need to prioritise teaching to earn a living and the lack of ongoing company-style training and support. This investment will enable us to take Dancers Connected — our place-based training model that mirrors key elements of full-time company infrastructure for freelance dancers — to pilot stage. In partnership with Citymoves, funding will activate our eight place-based principles, establishing a regionally grounded model of supported self-led training that integrates studio practice, rehearsal direction, health and wellbeing support and reflective development, with professional performance experience embedded within the programme.
116 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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