Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of ScotlandCity of Edinburgh
East Lothian
1997–2005
SeatsOne
Created fromEdinburgh East
Replaced byEdinburgh East
East Lothian

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) from 1997 to 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

In 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the same name and boundaries and continued in use until 2011. See headnote above.

The constituency is to be re-established, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, replacing Edinburgh East once again, to be first contested at the next United Kingdom general election.[1]

Boundaries

Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

Electoral divisions 27 (Meadowbank/Mountcastle), 28 (Links/Restalrig), 29 (Portobello/Milton), 38 (Craigmillar/Duddingston) in City of Edinburgh District; electoral division 44 (Musselburgh/Fisherrow) in East Lothian District.

The constituency covered an eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area and a Musselburgh area within the East Lothian council area. It was one of six constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh area, and one of two covering the East Lothian area. The constituency was predominantly urban.

For the 2005 general election, most of the constituency was merged into the new Edinburgh East constituency. The rest of the constituency, the Musselburgh area, was merged into the East Lothian constituency.[2]

Members of Parliament

Election Member [3] Party
1997 Gavin Strang Labour
2005 constituency abolished - see Edinburgh East

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish Green Amanda Grimm[4]
Labour Chris Murray[5]
SNP Tommy Sheppard[6]
Reform UK Derek Winton[5]

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Strang 18,124 52.6 −1.0
SNP Rob Munn 5,956 17.3 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Gary Peacock 4,981 14.5 +3.8
Conservative Peter Finnie 3,906 11.3 −4.1
Scottish Socialist Derek Durkin 1,487 4.3 New
Majority 12,168 35.3 +0.8
Turnout 34,454 58.2 −12.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Strang 22,564 53.6
SNP Derrick White 8,034 19.1
Conservative Kenneth F. Ward 6,483 15.4
Liberal Democrats Callum I. MacKellar 4,511 10.7
Referendum James A. Sibbet 526 1.2
Majority 14,530 34.5
Turnout 42,118 70.6
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. ^ "Fifth Periodical Review". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  4. ^ "Amanda Grimm". Twitter. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Derek Winton". Twitter. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. ^ https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/dont-write-off-snps-election-chances-tommy-sheppard-4360905
  7. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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