| Edinburgh and Lothians East | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
| Council areas | City of Edinburgh East Lothian Midlothian (part) |
| Electorate | 543,001 (2022) [1] |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Constituencies | East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith Edinburgh North Western Edinburgh Northern Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh South Western Midlothian North |
| Created from | Lothian |
Edinburgh and Lothians East is a electoral region of the Scottish Parliament. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. [1] The seat is expected to be first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
The region was created by the Second Periodic Review of constituency and regional boundaries, the results of which were formally approved in October 2025. [2]
The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian council areas, and parts of the Midlothian council area. [3] It is based on the city of Edinburgh, and covers much of the former Lothian region. Compared to the former Lothian region, Edinburgh and Lothians East excludes West Lothian, which is now in the Central Scotland and Lothians West region, but includes East Lothian, which was formerly in South Scotland. [4] [5]
The region will contain nine constituencies: [1]
| 2026 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh and Lothians East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| SNP | |||||
| Conservative | |||||
| Labour | |||||
| Green | Lorna Slater, Kate Nevens, Q Manivannan, Chas Booth, Kayleigh O'Neill, Adam Al-Khateb, Mridul Wadhwa, Jo Phillips, Dan Heap, Astri JS Kvassnes, Alex Staniforth, Connal Hughes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, Jane Pickard, Charles Dundas, Lewis Younie | ||||
| Reform | |||||
| Alba | |||||
| Independent | Jeremy Balfour | ||||
| Independent | Ash Regan | ||||