East Lothian (constituency, Scotland)

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East Lothian
East Lothian

South Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
Iain Gray ( Labor )

Iain Gray

Regions
East Lothian

East Lothian is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of South of Scotland , which was redesigned and renamed South Scotland as part of the constituency revision in 2011 . Here, small changes were made on the northwest border of the constituency East Lothian, the city Musselburgh completely to the neighboring constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh fell. The constituency includes areas of the East Lothian Council Area and sends one MP.

The constituency covers an area of ​​657.9 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 74,719 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor John Home Robertson 19,220 51.1
SNP Calum Millar 8274 22.0
Conservative Christine Richards 5941 15.8
Liberal Democrats Judy Hayman 4147 11.0

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor John Home Robertson 13,683 43.9 −7.2
Liberal Democrats Judy Hayman 5508 17.7 +6.7
Conservative Stuart Thomson 5459 17.5 +1.7
SNP Tom Roberts 5174 16.6 −5.4
Socialist Hugh Kerr 1380 4.4 +4.4
Turnout: 31,204 (52.69%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Iain Gray 12,219 35.4 −8.5
SNP Andrew Sharp 9771 28.4 +11.8
Liberal Democrats Judy Hayman 6249 18.1 +0.4
Conservative Bill Stevenson 6232 18.1 +0.6
Turnout: 34,471 (56.16%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Iain Gray 12,536 39.2 +3.8
SNP David Berry 12,385 38.5 +10.1
Conservative Derek Brownlee 5344 16.6 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Ettie Spencer 1912 5.9 −12.2
Turnout: 32,177 (57.12%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Iain Gray 14,329 37.8 −1.2
SNP Douglas-James Johnston-Smith 13,202 34.8 −3.7
Conservative Rachael Hamilton 9,045 23.9 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Ettie Spencer 1,337 3.5 −2.4
Turnout: 37,913 (62.3%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament