Edinburgh Eastern

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Edinburgh Eastern
Edinburgh Eastern

Lothian

Educated
2011
MP
Ash Denham ( SNP )
Regions
Edinburgh

Edinburgh Eastern is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was in 2011 during the revision of electoral boundaries as one of nine constituencies of the election region Lothian introduced. The constituency emerged from the split of the constituency of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh , which was essentially merged into Edinburgh Eastern and Midlothian North and Musselburgh . The Edinburgh Eastern area comprises the eastern and south-eastern boroughs of Edinburgh . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​30.8 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 79,883 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Kenny MacAskill 14,552 47.4
Labor Ewan Aitken 12,319 40.1
Conservative Cameron Buchanan 2630 8.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Veart 1227 4.0

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Ash Denham 16,760 47.3 −0.1
Labor Kezia Dugdale 11,673 33.0 −7.1
Conservative Nick Cook 5,700 16.1 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Cospatric d'Inverno 1,264 3.6 −0.4
Turnout: 35,397 (56.3%)

Individual evidence

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