| East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs | |
|---|---|
| Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
| Electorate | 57,511 (2022) [1] |
| Major settlements | Haddington, North Berwick |
| Future constituency | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Council area | East Lothian |
| Created from | East Lothian |
East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs is a new constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) which will elect one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Edinburgh and Lothians East electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. [2]
The seat was created for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election by the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries. [3] It covers most of the former East Lothian seat, which had grown too large compared to other seats and therefore required to be redrawn. [4] Its name refers to coast of East Lothian and the Lammermuir Hills.
The other eight constituencies of the Edinburgh and Lothians East region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent, Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith, Edinburgh North Western, Edinburgh Northern, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh South Western and Midlothian North. [2] The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian council areas, and parts of the Midlothian council area. [5]
East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs lies entirely within the East Lothian council area. The remainder of East Lothian forms part of the Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent, which also includes parts of Edinburgh. [6] The following East Lothian Council electoral wards were used to define the seat during the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries: [6]
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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| SNP | Paul McLennan | |||||||
| Conservative | Miles Briggs | |||||||
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