Edinburgh Northern and Leith

Edinburgh Northern and Leith
Educated
1999
MP
Ben Macpherson ( SNP )
Regions
Edinburgh

Edinburgh Northern and Leith is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 under the name Edinburgh North and Leith as one of nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region . As part of the revision in 2011, Edinburgh North and Leith was redesigned and renamed Edinburgh Northern and Leith . The constituency includes the northern areas of Edinburgh , especially the Leith district . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​15 km ² . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 86,344 people lived within its borders. This makes Edinburgh Northern and Leith both the second most populous and the smallest constituency for the Scottish Parliament.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Malcolm Chisholm	17.203	46.9
SNP	Anne Dana	9467	25.8
Conservative	James Sempill	5030	13.7
Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Tombs	4039	11.0
Socialist	Ronald Brown	907	2.5

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Malcolm Chisholm	10,979	38.2	−8.7
SNP	Anne Dana	5565	19.4	−6.4
Conservative	Ian Mowat	4821	16.8	+3.1
Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Tombs	4785	16.7	+5.7
Socialist	William Scott	2584	9.0	+6.5
Turnout: 28,734 (47.49%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Malcolm Chisholm	11,020	34.8	−3.4
Liberal Democrats	Michael Crockart	8576	27.1	+10.4
SNP	Davie Hutchison	8044	25.4	+6.0
Conservative	Iain Whyte	4045	12.8	−4.0
Turnout: 31,685 (52.51%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Malcolm Chisholm	12,858	41.6	+6.8
SNP	Shirley-Anne Somerville	12,263	39.7	+14.3
Conservative	Sheila Low	2928	9.5	−3.3
Liberal Democrats	Dan Farthing	2836	9.2	−17.9
Turnout: 30,885 (52.23%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Ben Macpherson	17,322	46.7	+7.0
Labor	Lesley Hinds	10,576	28.5	−13.1
Conservative	Iain McGill	6,081	16.4	+6.9
Liberal Democrats	Martin Veart	1,779	4.8	−4.4
Independent	Jack Caldwell	1,344	3.6	+3.6
Turnout: (55.2%)

Individual evidence

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