Edinburgh East

This article covers the constituency for the UK Parliament. For the constituency for the Scottish Parliament, see Edinburgh Eastern .

Edinburgh East
Educated
1885
MP
Tommy Sheppard ( SNP )
Regions
Edinburgh

Edinburgh East is a constituency for the British House of Commons . The constituency sends a representative.

With the Act of Union in 1707 there was a need for the Scottish people to participate in the British elections. For the general election in 1708, electoral districts were therefore established in Scotland, with the Scottish capital being combined in the constituency of Edinburgh . It was not until 1885 that Edinburgh was divided into four constituencies, Edinburgh Central , Edinburgh South , Edinburgh West and Edinburgh East.

Edinburgh East comprises the eastern districts of Edinburgh. In the 1997 general election, the constituency was dissolved in favor of the newly created constituency of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh , which also included the city of Musselburgh in neighboring East Lothian . However, this was abolished after just two electoral terms and the constituency of Edinburgh East was reintroduced. The boundaries were redrawn here by adding areas of the constituencies of Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South.

Election results

General election 1885

Results of the general election in 1885
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	George Joachim Goschen	4337	69.2
Conservative	Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe	1929	30.8

General election 1886

Results of the general election in 1886
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Robert Wallace	3694	62.1
Liberal Unionist	George Joachim Goschen	2253	37.9

General election 1892

Results of the general election in 1892
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Robert Wallace	3963	58.6
Liberal Unionist	RWM full board	2803	41.4

General election 1895

Results of the general election in 1895
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Robert Wallace	3499	53.4	−5.2
Liberal Unionist	Harry G. Younger	3050	46.6	+5.2

By-elections 1899

With the death of Robert Wallace, by-elections were required in the constituency of Edinburgh East.

Results of the 1899 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	George McCrae	4891	62.3	+8.9
Liberal Unionist	Harry G. Younger	2961	37.7	−8.9

General election 1900

Results of the general election in 1900
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	George McCrae	4461	58.5	−3.8
Conservative	R. Scott-Brown	3170	41.5	+3.8

General election 1906

Results of the 1906 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	George McCrae	6606	73.1	+14.6
Liberal Unionist	Rankin Dawson	2432	26.9	−14.6

By-elections 1909

After George McCrae was offered the office of Vice President of the Scottish Local Government, he gave back his constituency mandate to attend to his new role. For this reason, by-elections have been scheduled in the constituency of Edinburgh East.

Results of the 1909 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	James Gibson	4527	52.7	−20.4
Liberal Unionist	Patrick Ford	4069	47.3	+20.4

General election January 1910

Results of the general election January 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	James Gibson	6760	61.3	+8.5
Liberal Unionist	Patrick Ford	4273	38.7	−8.5

General election December 1910

Results of the general election December 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	James Gibson	6436	63.0	+1.7
Conservative	RM Cameron	3782	37.0	−1.7

By-elections 1912

With Gibson's demise, by-elections were required in the Edinburgh East constituency.

Results of the 1912 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	James Hogge	5064	55.0	−8.0
Conservative	John Gordon Jameson	4139	45.0	+8.0

General election 1918

Results of the general election in 1918
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	James Hogge	8460	62.2	+7.2
National Democrat / Labor	Alexander E. Balfour	5136	37.8	−7.2

General election 1922

Results of the general election in 1922
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	James Hogge	10,551	59.8	−2.4
National Liberal	Sam McDonald	70.88	40.2	+2.4

General election 1923

Results of the general election in 1923
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	James Hogge	10,876	68.3	+8.5
unionist	CJM Mancor	5045	31.7	+31.7

General election 1924

Results of the general election in 1924
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Drummond Shiels	9220	44.0	+44.0
unionist	Charles Black Milne	6105	29.1	−2.6
Liberal	James Hogge	5625	26.8	−41.5

General election 1929

Results of the 1929 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Drummond Shiels	13,933	47.2	+3.2
Liberal	Thomas Pringle McDonald	8687	29.4	+2.6
unionist	Richard Cobden Thyne	6889	23.3	−5.8

General election 1931

Results of the 1931 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	David Marshall Mason	17,372	57.0	+27.6
Labor	Drummond Shiels	10,244	33.6	−13.6
National Party	TT Alexander	2872	9.4	+9.4

General election 1935

Results of the general election in 1935
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	13,341	43.2	+9.6
unionist	Minna G. Cowan	12,229	39.6	+39.6
Liberal	David Marshall Mason	5313	17.2	−39.8

General election 1945

Results of the general election in 1945
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	19,300	56.4	+13.2
unionist	William Angus Sinclair	12,771	37.3	−2.3
SNP	FC Yeaman	2149	6.3	+6.3

By-elections in 1945

With the elevation to the rank of baron and his appointment as Secretary of State for India , Frederick Pethick-Lawrence resigned his mandate, which required by-elections in the constituency of Edinburgh East.

Results of the 1945 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	George Thomson	15,482	61.6	+5.2
unionist	TG Galbraith	9665	38.4	+1.1

By-elections in 1947

With his appointment as Lord Justice Clerk , George Thomson gave up his mandate, which required by-elections in the Edinburgh East constituency.

Results of the 1947 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	John Wheatley	16,906	50.5	−11.1
National Liberal	D. Mathews	11,490	34.4	+34.4
Liberal	John Junor	3379	10.1	+10.1
SNP	M. Dott	1682	5.0	+5.0

General election 1950

Results of the general election in 1950
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	John Wheatley	24,072	53.2	+2.7
unionist	CEM Donaldson	17,531	38.8	+38.8
Liberal	John Hope	3632	8.0	−2.1

General election 1951

Results of the general election in 1951
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	John Wheatley	25,201	54.1	+0.9
unionist	W. Grant	21,400	45.9	+7.1

By-elections 1954

Results of the 1954 by-election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	George Willis	18,950	57.6	+3.5
unionist	W. Grant	13,922	42.4	−3.5

General election 1955

Results of the general election in 1955
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	George Willis	21,240	52.5	−5.1
unionist	WE Fraser	19.198	47.5	+5.1

General election 1959

Results of the general election in 1959
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	George Willis	22,244	50.4	−2.1
unionist	Earl of Dalkeith	21,932	49.6	+2.1

General election 1964

Results of the 1964 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	George Willis	24,808	56.2	+5.8
unionist	RL McEwen	19,376	43.8	−5.8

General election 1966

Results of the 1966 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	George Willis	25,423	60.5	+4.3
Conservative	JSB Henderson	16,614	39.5	−4.3

General election 1970

Results of the 1970 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Gavin strand	22,171	51.9	−8.6
Conservative	N. Gow	16,657	39.0	−0.5
SNP	HB Davidson	3502	8.2	+8.2
Communist	I. Swann	413	1.0	+1.0

General election February 1974

Results of the February 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Gavin strand	20.163	43.7	−8.2
Conservative	DJ May	14,614	31.7	−7.3
SNP	GC MacDougall	7128	15.4	+7.2
Liberal	J. Melling	3998	8.7	+8.7
Communist	I. Swann	274	0.6	−0.4

General election October 1974

Results of the October 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Gavin strand	19,669	44.9	+1.2
SNP	GC MacDougall	11,213	25.6	+10.2
Conservative	M. Hogg	10.111	23.1	−8.6
Liberal	GN Dalzell	2578	5.9	−2.8
Communist	I. Swann	213	0.5	−0.1

General election 1979

Results of the 1979 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Gavin strand	23,477	53.7	+8.8
Conservative	G. Campbell	14,660	33.5	+10.8
SNP	GC MacDougall	5296	12.1	−13.5
Communist	C. Downes	173	0.4	−0.1
Workers Revolutionary	T. Brotherstone	124	0.3	+0.3

General election 1983

Results of the 1983 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Gavin strand	16,169	44.9	−8.8
Conservative	P. Martin	10.303	28.6	−4.9
Liberal	R. Macleod	7570	21.0	+21.0
SNP	P. Scott	1976	5.5	−6.6

General election 1987

Results of the 1987 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Gavin strand	18,257	50.4	+5.5
Conservative	JF Renz	8962	24.7	−3.9
Liberal	J. Aitken	5592	15.4	−5.6
SNP	Mongoose Bovey	3434	9.5	+4.0

General election 1992

Results of the general election in 1992
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Gavin strand	15,446	45.8	−4.6
Conservative	Kenneth F. Ward	8235	24.4	−0.3
SNP	Debin McKinney	6225	18.4	+8.9
Liberal Democrats	Devin S. Scobie	3432	10.2	−5.2
Green	Graham W. Farmer	424	1.3	+1.3

General election 2005

Results of the general election 2005
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Gavin strand	15,899	40.0
Liberal Democrats	Gordon Mackenzie	9697	24.4
SNP	Stefan Tymkewycz	6760	17.0
Conservative	Mev Brown	4093	10.3
Green	Cara Gillespie	2266	5.7
Socialist	Catriona Grant	868	2.2
Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party	Brett Harris	89	0.2
Non-party	Peter Clifford	37	0.1

General election 2010

Results of the 2010 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Sheila Gilmore	17,314	43.4	+3.4
SNP	George Kerevan	8133	20.4	+3.4
Liberal Democrats	Beverley Hope	7751	19.4	−5.0
Conservative	Martin Donald	4358	10.9	+0.6
Green	Robin Harper	2035	5.1	−0.6
TUSC	Gary Clark	274	0.7	+0.7

General election 2015

Results of the general election 2015
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Tommy Sheppard	23,188	49.2	+28.8
Labor	Sheila Gilmore	14,082	29.9	−13.5
Conservative	James McMordie	4670	9.9	−1.0
Green	Peter McColl	2809	6.0	+0.9
Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	1325	2.8	−16.6
UKIP	Oliver Corbishley	898	1.9	+1.9
TUSC	Ayesha Saleem	117	0.2	−0.5

General election 2017

Results of the 2017 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Tommy Sheppard	18,509	42.5	−6.7
Labor	Patsy King	15,084	34.7	+4.8
Conservative	Katie Mackie	8081	18.6	+8.7
Liberal Democrats	Tristan Gray	1849	4.2	+1.4

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1886, p. 188.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Constitutional Yearbook 1909, p. 209.
4. ^ Mansons ′ Shetland Almanac and Directory for 1893 , T & Manson, Lerwick, 1893, p. 18.
5. ^ Liberal Year Book 1905, p. 205.
6. ^ Liberal Year Book 1911, p. 252.
7. ^ Liberal Year Book 1913, p. 271.
8. ^ National Union Gleanings, 1912, Volume 38, p. 233.
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 210.
10. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1922, p. 206.
11. ^ ^{A b} The Liberal Year Book 1930, p. 242.
12. ^ The Liberal Year Book 1925, p. 241.
13. ^ The Liberal Year Book 1936, p. 204.
14. ↑ Results of the 1931 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ Results of the general election in 1935 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ^ Results of the lower house elections in 1945 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ^ Labor Party Year Book 1947, p. 340.
18. ^ Daily Mail Year Book 1949, p. 206.
19. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1950 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1951 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
21. ^ Daily Mail Year Book 1955, p. 186.
22. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1955 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1959 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
24. ↑ Results of the 1964 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ↑ Results of the 1966 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
26. ↑ Results of the 1970 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
27. ↑ Results of the February 1974 general election ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
28. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in October 1974 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
29. ^ Results of the 1979 general election
30. ^ Results of the general election in 1983
31. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1987 ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
32. ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
33. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
34. ↑ Results of the 2010 general election ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
35. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 2015