Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh South
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Edinburgh South in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Edinburgh
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Ian Murray (Labour)
Created from	Edinburgh
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Edinburgh South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the general election of 1885. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is the Labour Party's Ian Murray who was first elected at the 2010 general election with a majority of just 316 votes. He held his seat at the 2015 election with an increased majority, as the only Labour MP in Scotland.

Prior to the 2005 general election the constituency had the same boundaries as the Scottish Parliament constituency with the same name.

When created in 1885, the Westminster constituency was partly a replacement for the Edinburgh constituency. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Municipal Wards of St. George, St. Cuthbert, and Newington.

In 1918 the constituency consisted of the "Merchiston, Morningside, and Newington Municipal Wards of Edinburgh."

In 2005, prior to the general election, Edinburgh South was one of six covering the City of Edinburgh council area. Five were entirely within the city council area. One, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area, to take in Musselburgh.