East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency).

East Lothian County constituency
East Lothian shown within Scotland
Created:	1983
MP:	Fiona O'Donnell
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	East Lothian
EP constituency:	Scotland

East Lothian is a constituency in Scotland which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

History

The constituency was created in 1983. Throughout this time, it has always been represented by the Labour Party. The current MP is Fiona O'Donnell.

The East Lothian Labour Party voted on 22 January 2010 to deselect the previous MP Anne Moffat. The National Executive Committee upheld the decision on 23 March 2010.. Nevertheless, Fiona O'Donnell was elected in 2010 with an increased majority from 2005.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the whole of the East Lothian council area in Scotland. The East Lothian town of Musselburgh was added to the seat from Edinburgh East and Musselburgh in 2005. Before the 1983 general election, the area lay in the Berwick and East Lothian constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	John Home Robertson	Labour
	2001	Anne Picking	Labour
	2010	Fiona O'Donnell	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: East Lothian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona O'Donnell	21,919	44.6	+3.1
	Conservative	Michael Veitch	9,661	19.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Ritchie	8,228	16.9	-8.0
	SNP	Andrew Sharp	7,883	16.0	+2.9
	Scottish Green	James Mackenzie	862	1.8	-0.7
	UKIP	Jonathan Lloyd	548	1.1	+0.4
Majority			12,258	24.9
Turnout			49,161	66.9	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: East Lothian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Moffat	18,983	41.5	-7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Butler	11,363	24.8	+7.6
	Conservative	William Stevenson	7,315	16.0	0.0
	SNP	Paul McLennan	5,995	13.1	-1.8
	Scottish Green	Michael Collie	1,132	2.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Gary Galbraith	504	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	Eric Robb	306	0.7	N/A
	Christian Vote	William Thompson	178	0.4	N/A
Majority			7,620	16.6
Turnout			45,776	64.5	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.5

General Election 2001: East Lothian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Picking	17,407	47.2	-5.5
	Conservative	Hamish Mair	6,577	17.8	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Hayman	6,506	17.6	+7.1
	SNP	Hilary Brown	5,381	14.6	-1.1
	Scottish Socialist	Derrick White	624	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	James Herriot	376	1.0	N/A
Majority			10,830	29.4
Turnout			36,871	62.5	-13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: East Lothian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Home Robertson	22,881	52.7	+6.2
	Conservative	Murdo Fraser	8,660	19.9	-8.3
	SNP	David McCarthy	6,825	15.7	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alison MacAskill	4,575	10.5	-0.7
	Referendum Party	N. Nash	491	1.1	N/A
Majority			14,221
Turnout				75.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: East Lothian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Home Robertson	25,537	46.5	−1.6
	Conservative	JP Hepburne-Scott	15,501	28.2	−0.1
	SNP	GR Thomson	7,776	14.2	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	T McKay	6,126	11.2	−4.3
Majority			10,036	18.3	−1.5
Turnout			54,940	82.4	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.7