Edinburgh Central Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)

Created: 1885   Abolished: 2004

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Political Life

Political Life

Election results, plus information on turn-out.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
EDINBURGH CENTRAL Preferred English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CENTRAL EDINBURGH Alternate English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
EDINBURGH NO 3 CENTRAL Alternate English     1891 Census of Scotland, Table 5, 'The Parliamentary, Royal, and Police Burghs, also the Parliamentary Districts of Burghs and of Counties, and Wards of Burghs showing the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of each Sex; the number of Persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English, and the number of Rooms with Windows'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Borough Constituency BCon 1948 2004 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
Division of Parliamentary Borough Constituency PBDivCon 1885 1948 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SCOTLAND Dep Country 1885 2004 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Boundary Map of Edinburgh Central Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)

If the boundaries of the Constituency changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edinburgh Central Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736204

Date accessed: 09th April 2026