Edinburgh South Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)

Created: 1885  

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 SOUTH Preferred English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
EDINBURGH NO 4 SOUTH 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'.
SOUTH EDINBURGH Alternate English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
S14000024 Code: Office for National Statistics English   03 Jul 2024 House of Commons Library, Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?
S14000080 Code: Office for National Statistics English 04 Jul 2024   House of Commons Library, Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Borough Constituency BCon 1948   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   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Boundary Map of Edinburgh South 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 South Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736241

Date accessed: 08th April 2026