Edinburgh North and Leith (constituency, UK)

This article covers the constituency for the UK Parliament. For the constituency for the Scottish Parliament, see Edinburgh Northern and Leith .

Edinburgh North and Leith
Educated
1997
MP
Deidre Brock ( SNP )
Regions
Edinburgh

Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency for the British House of Commons . Before the elections in 1997, Edinburgh was divided into six constituencies, one of which, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, also included the city of Musselburgh in neighboring East Lothian . In the course of the 1997 constituency reform, the number of constituencies in Edinburgh was reduced to five, but they only cover the Council Area itself.

Edinburgh North and Leith comprises the northern districts of Edinburgh including the former, now incorporated city of Leith . The area also includes parts of Princes Street with Bute House , the seat of the Scottish First Minister . The building of the Scottish Parliament , however, is already in the neighboring constituency of Edinburgh East . A representative is sent.

Election results

General election 1997

Results of the 1997 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Malcolm Chisholm	19.209	46.9
SNP	Anne Dana	8231	20.1
Conservative	Ewen Stewart	7312	17.9
Liberal Democrats	Hillary Campbell	5335	13.0
referendum	Sandy Graham	441	1.1
Socialist	Gavin Browne	320	0.8
Natural Law	Paul Douglas-Reid	97	0.2

General election 2001

Results of the 2001 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Mark Lazarowicz	15,271	45.9	−1.0
Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Tombs	6454	19.4	+6.4
SNP	Kaukab Stewart	5290	15.9	−4.2
Conservative	Iain Mitchell	4626	13.9	−4.0
Socialist	Catriona Grant	1334	4.0	+3.2
Socialist Labor	Don Jacobsen	259	0.8	+0.8

General election 2005

Results of the general election 2005
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Mark Lazarowicz	14,597	34.2	−11.7
Liberal Democrats	Michael Crockart	12,444	29.2	+9.8
Conservative	Iain Whyte	7969	18.7	+4.8
SNP	Davie Hutchison	4344	10.2	−5.7
Green	Mark Sydenham	2482	5.8	+5.8
Socialist	Bill Scott	804	1.9	−2.1

General election 2010

Results of the 2010 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Mark Lazarowicz	17,740	37.5	+3.3
Liberal Democrats	Kevin Lang	16,016	33.8	+4.6
Conservative	Iain McGill	7079	15.0	−3.7
SNP	Calum Cashley	4568	9.7	−0.5
Green	Kate Joester	1062	2.2	−3.6
Liberal	John Hein	389	0.8	+0.8
TUSC	Willie Black	233	0.5	+0.5
Socialist Labor	Martin Gray	141	0.3	+0.3
Non-party	CJ MacIntyre	128	0.3	+0.3

General election 2015

Results of the general election 2015
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Deidre Brock	23,742	40.9	+31.4
Labor	Mark Lazarowicz	18,145	31.3	−6.2
Conservative	Iain McGill	9378	16.2	+1.2
Green	Sarah Beattie-Smith	3140	5.4	+3.2
Liberal Democrats	Martin Veart	2634	4.5	−29.3
UKIP	Alan Melville	847	1.5	+1.5
Left Unity	Bruce Whitehead	122	0.2	+0.2

General election 2017

Results of the 2017 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Deidre Brock	19,243	34.0	−6.9
Labor	Gordon Munro	17,618	31.2	−0.1
Conservative	Iain McGill	15,385	27.2	+11.0
Liberal Democrats	Martin Veart	2579	4.6	+0.1
Green	Lorna Slater	1727	3.1	−2.3

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the lower house elections in 1997 and 2001 ( 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. 
3. ↑ 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. 
4. ↑ 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. 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 2015