Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh Northern and Leith | |
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burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 93,605 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | SNP |
MSP | Ben Macpherson |
Council area | City of Edinburgh |
Created from | Edinburgh North and Leith |
Edinburgh Northern and Leith is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Prior to the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, most of the constituency was part of the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
Electoral region[]
The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, 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 five constituencies: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.
The Edinburgh North and Leith constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish House of Commons constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.[2]
Since 2011, "Edinburgh Northern and Leith" has consisted of the electoral wards of:[3]
- In full: Leith Walk
- In part: Forth, Inverleith, Leith
Member of the Scottish Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Malcolm Chisholm | Labour | |
2016 | Ben Macpherson | SNP |
Election results[]
2020s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Ben Macpherson[a] | 22,443 | 47.9 | 1.2 | 18,174 | 38.7 | 2.5 | |
Labour | Katrina Faccenda | 10,874 | 23.2 | 5.3 | 8,726 | 18.6 | 1.2 | |
Green | Lorna Slater | 6,116 | 13.1 | New | 9,243 | 19.7 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Callum Laidlaw | 5,052 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 6,293 | 13.4 | 4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Bell | 2,035 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 2,177 | 4.6 | 1.0 | |
Alba | 770 | 1.6 | New | |||||
Animal Welfare | 264 | 0.6 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 220 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 212 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance | Jon Pullman | 314 | 0.7 | New | 180 | 0.4 | New | |
Women's Equality | 167 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |||||
Reform UK | 110 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Libertarian | 83 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Communist | 80 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 78 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Independent | Ashley Graczyk | 58 | 0.1 | New | ||||
UKIP | 43 | 0.1 | 1.4 | |||||
SDP | 23 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Renew | 14 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 11,569 | 24.7 | 6.5 | |||||
Valid Votes | 46,834 | 46,915 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 155 | 85 | ||||||
Turnout | 46,989 | 63.0 | 7.4 | 47,000 | 63.0 | 7.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 3.3 | ||||||
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2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Ben Macpherson | 17,322 | 46.7 | 7.0 | 13,495 | 36.3 | 1.2 | |
Labour | Lesley Hinds | 10,576 | 28.5 | 13.1 | 7,364 | 19.8 | 4.5 | |
Green | 6,744 | 18.1 | 5.8 | |||||
Conservative | Ian McGill | 6,081 | 16.4 | 6.9 | 6,623 | 17.8 | 8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Veart | 1,779 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1,349 | 3.6 | 2.2 | |
Independent | Jack Caldwell | 1,344 | 3.6 | New | ||||
Women's Equality | 658 | 1.8 | New | |||||
UKIP | 568 | 1.5 | 1.0 | |||||
RISE | 293 | 0.8 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 120 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||
Majority | 6,746 | 18.2 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 37,102 | 37,214 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 260 | 73 | ||||||
Turnout | 37,362 | 55.5 | 3.0 | 37,287 | 55.4 | 2.9 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Malcolm Chisholm[a] | 12,858 | 41.6 | N/A | 7,508 | 24.2 | N/A | |
SNP | Shirley-Anne Somerville[a] | 12,263 | 39.7 | N/A | 11,610 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Green | 3,812 | 12.3 | N/A | |||||
Conservative | Sheila Low | 2,928 | 9.5 | N/A | 2,803 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Margo MacDonald[a] | 2,157 | 7.0 | N/A | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Dan Farthing | 2,836 | 9.2 | N/A | 1,805 | 5.8 | N/A | |
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 266 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 211 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 177 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 155 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 148 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
Liberal | 91 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 90 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 57 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 41 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Ken O'Neil | 17 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Independent | David Hogg | 11 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Independent | Mev Brown | 7 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Majority | 595 | 1.9 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 30,885 | 30,966 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 172 | 114 | ||||||
Turnout | 31,057 | 52.5 | N/A | 31,080 | 52.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | ||||||||
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See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 138. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh Northern and Leith regional results". City of Edinburgh Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Edinburgh Northern & Leith". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Scotland Election 2016: Edinburgh Northern and Leith". BBC News. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh Northern and Leith MSP Constituency Reults". 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.
- ^ "Northern and Leith 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 Northern and Leith constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- Constituencies in Edinburgh
- Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
- 2011 establishments in Scotland
- Constituencies established in 2011
- Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
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