Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (constituency, Scotland)

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Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Lothians

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
East Lothian
Edinburgh

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was founded in 1999 as one of nine constituencies of the election region Lothians introduced. In the course of the revision in 2011, the constituencies were redesigned and the constituency of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh abolished. The areas went largely in the new constituencies of Edinburgh Eastern and Midlothian North and Musselburgh . It comprised eastern and northern areas of Edinburgh and the city of Musselburgh . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 75,014 people lived within its borders. The constituency sent a deputy.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Susan Deacon 17,086 46.2
SNP Kenny MacAskill 10,372 28.0
Conservative Jeremey Balfour 4600 12.4
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Thomas 4100 11.1
Socialist Derrick White 697 1.9
Non-party Michael Heavey 134 0.4

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Susan Deacon 12,654 43.6 −2.6
SNP Kenny MacAskill 6497 22.4 −5.6
Conservative John Smart 3863 13.3 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Gary Peacock 3582 12.3 +1.2
Socialist Derek Durkin 2447 8.4 +6.5
Turnout: 29,044 (50.33%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Kenny MacAskill 11.209 37.4 +15.0
Labor Norman Murray 9827 32.8 −10.8
Liberal Democrats Gillian Cole-Hamilton 5473 18.3 +6.0
Conservative Christine Wright 3458 11.5 −1.8
Turnout: 29,967 (52.97%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament