Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)

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Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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Location within Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland City of Edinburgh
East Lothian
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Chris Murray (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Edinburgh East
19972005
Created from Edinburgh East
Replaced by Edinburgh East
East Lothian

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

In its present form, the constituency was established as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and under the final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, replacing Edinburgh East. It has been held by Labour politician Chris Murray since the 2024 general election. [1]

The constituency had previously existed from 1997 to 2005. In 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the same name and boundaries and was used until 2011. See headnote above.

Boundaries

The constituency covers an eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area and most of the Musselburgh ward of the East Lothian council area. It is one of six constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh area, and one of two covering the East Lothian area. The constituency is predominantly urban.

It comprises the following:

The parts in the City of Edinburgh comprise the former constituency of Edinburgh East, except the area of Prestonfield, which was transferred to Edinburgh South. The part in East Lothian Council was transferred from the East Lothian constituency (renamed Lothian East).

When the original constituency was abolished for the 2005 general election, most of it was merged into the new Edinburgh East constituency. The rest of it, the Musselburgh area, was merged into the East Lothian constituency. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] Party
1997 Gavin Strang Labour
2005 constituency abolished – see Edinburgh East
2024 Chris Murray Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Murray 18,790 41.2 +14.8
SNP Tommy Sheppard 15,07533.1−15.9
Scottish Green Amanda Grimm4,66910.2+6.6
Conservative Marie-Clair Munro2,5985.7−8.4
Reform UK Derek Winton2,1294.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas1,9494.3−2.7
Independent Jane Gould3650.8N/A
Majority3,7158.1N/A
Turnout 45,78160.1−9.0
Registered electors 76,188
Labour gain from SNP Swing +14.3

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gavin Strang 18,124 52.6 −1.0
SNP Rob Munn5,95617.3−1.8
Liberal Democrats Gary Peacock4,98114.5+3.8
Conservative Peter Finnie3,90611.3−4.1
Scottish Socialist Derek Durkin1,4874.3New
Majority12,16835.3+0.8
Turnout 34,45458.2−12.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gavin Strang 22,564 53.6
SNP Derrick White 8,03419.1
Conservative Kenneth F. Ward6,48315.4
Liberal Democrats Callum I. MacKellar4,51110.7
Referendum James A. Sibbet5261.2
Majority14,53034.5
Turnout 42,11870.6
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. "2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland Final Recommendations laid before Parliament" (PDF). 28 June 2023.
  2. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
  4. "Fifth Periodical Review". Boundary Commission for Scotland . Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  6. "Parliamentary General Election results by constituency: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  7. "Edinburgh East and Musselburgh results". BBC News. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  8. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.