Midlothian North and Musselburgh

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Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Lothian

Educated
2011
MP
Colin Beattie ( SNP )

Colin Beattie

Regions
East Lothian
Midlothian

Midlothian North and Musselburgh 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 area of ​​Midlothian North and Musselburgh includes the parts of the Council Areas East Lothian and Midlothian with the cities of Musselburgh , Dalkeith and Bonnyrigg . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​189.4 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 78,174 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Colin Beattie 14,079 47.2
Labor Bernard Harkins 11,083 37.2
Conservative Scott Douglas 2541 8.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Younger 1254 4.2
Non-party Alan Hay 861 2.9
Turnout: 29,818 (51.19%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Colin Beattie 16,948 48.9 +1.6
Labor Bernard Harkins 9,913 28.6 −8.6
Conservative Jeremy Balfour 6.267 18.1 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Jacquie Bell 1,557 4.5 +0.3
Turnout: 34,285 (54.7%)

Individual evidence

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