Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh Eastern | |
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burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 86,488 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Ash Denham |
Council area | City of Edinburgh |
Created from | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh South |
Edinburgh Eastern is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Edinburgh. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh was abolished. The successor constituencies are Edinburgh Eastern, and Midlothian North and Musselburgh.
Electoral region[]
The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh
The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area[]
Edinburgh is represented in the Scottish Parliament by six constituencies: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.
Edinburgh Eastern uses the following electoral wards:[2]
- In full: Craigentinny/Duddingston
- In part: City Centre, Leith, Liberton/Gilmerton, Portobello/Craigmillar
Member of the Scottish Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Kenny MacAskill | SNP | |
2016 | Ash Denham |
Election results[]
2020s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Ash Denham[a] | 22,658 | 52.4 | 5.1 | 17,182 | 39.6 | 1.3 | |
Labour | Bill Cook | 12,541 | 29.0 | 4.0 | 9,105 | 21.0 | 3.2 | |
Conservative | Graham Hutchison | 5,970 | 13.8 | 2.3 | 6,839 | 15.8 | 1.0 | |
Green | 6,292 | 14.5 | 3.0 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Jill Reilly | 2,035 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 1,583 | 3.6 | 1.1 | |
Alba | 866 | 2.0 | New | |||||
Animal Welfare | 299 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 279 | 0.6 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 271 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance | 102 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 96 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 94 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Communist | 66 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Libertarian | 59 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 134 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |||||
UKIP | 64 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |||||
Independent | Ashley Graczyk | 50 | 0.1 | New | ||||
SDP | 28 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Renew | 12 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 10,117 | 23.4 | 9.1 | |||||
Valid Votes | 43,204 | 43,421 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 270 | 97 | ||||||
Turnout | 43,474 | 61.0 | 4.3 | 43,518 | 61.0 | 4.2 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 4.6 | ||||||
2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Ash Denham | 16,760 | 47.3 | 0.1 | 14,557 | 40.9 | 0.6 | |
Labour | Kezia Dugdale[a] | 11,673 | 33.0 | 7.1 | 8,615 | 24.2 | 5.6 | |
Conservative | Nick Cook | 5,700 | 16.1 | 7.5 | 5,969 | 16.8 | 9.2 | |
Green | 4,098 | 11.5 | 4.3 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Cospatric d'Inverno | 1,264 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 892 | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
UKIP | 684 | 1.9 | 1.3 | |||||
Women's Equality | 417 | 1.2 | New | |||||
RISE | 212 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 183 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||||
Majority | 5,087 | 14.3 | 7.0 | |||||
Valid Votes | 35,397 | 35,627 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 277 | 71 | ||||||
Turnout | 35,624 | 56.7 | 1.3 | 35,698 | 56.8 | 1.4 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 3.5 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Kenny MacAskill[a] | 14,552 | 47.4 | N/A | 12,380 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Ewan Aitken | 12,319 | 40.1 | N/A | 9,171 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Cameron Buchanan | 2,630 | 8.6 | N/A | 2,335 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Margo MacDonald[a] | 2,313 | 7.5 | N/A | ||||
Green | 2,219 | 7.2 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Veart | 1,227 | 4.0 | N/A | 795 | 2.6 | N/A | |
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 445 | 1.4 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 225 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 224 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 182 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 144 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 109 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 66 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Liberal | 62 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 54 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Ken O'Neil | 15 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Independent | Mev Brown | 6 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Independent | David Hogg | 5 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Majority | 2,233 | 7.3 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 30,728 | 30,750 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 157 | 137 | ||||||
Turnout | 30,885 | 55.4 | N/A | 30,887 | 55.4 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Footnotes[]
- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 138. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh Eastern constituency results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh Eastern regional results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Constituencies A-Z | Edinburgh Eastern, BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021
- ^ "Edinburgh Eastern Constituency". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Lothian regional results". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Eastern MSP Constituency Results 2011". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "2011 Results of Regional List". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links[]
- "Edinburgh Eastern constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- Constituencies in Edinburgh
- Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
- Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
- 2011 establishments in Scotland
- Constituencies established in 2011
- Portobello, Edinburgh