Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh Eastern
Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh Eastern shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Ash Denham
Council area	City of Edinburgh
Created from	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh South

Edinburgh Eastern is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh was abolished. The successor constituencies are Edinburgh Eastern, and Midlothian North and Musselburgh.

Electoral region

See also: Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The City of Edinburgh is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.

Edinburgh Eastern uses the following electoral wards:

• In full: Craigentinny/Duddingston
• In part: City Centre, Leith, Liberton/Gilmerton, Portobello/Craigmillar

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" |	1999	Susan Deacon	Scottish Labour Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" |	2003
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2007	Kenny MacAskill	Scottish National Party

As Edinburgh Eastern

Kenny MacAskill of the SNP represented the seat from 2011 - 2016. He was previously an MSP for the Lothians regional list from 1999 to 2007 and for the predecessor Edinburgh East and Musselburgh seat from 2007 to 2011.

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2011	Kenny MacAskill	Scottish National Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2016	Ash Denham

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Edinburgh Eastern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Ash Denham	16,760	47.3	-0.1
	Labour	Kezia Dugdale	11,673	33.0	-7.1
	Conservative	Nick Cook	5,700	16.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Cospatric d'Inverno	1,264	3.6	-0.4
Majority			5,087	14.4	+7.1
Turnout			35,397	56.3	+1.4
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Edinburgh Eastern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Kenny MacAskill	14,552	47.4	+12.9
	Labour	Ewan Aitken	12,319	40.1	+3.8
	Conservative	Cameron Buchanan	2,630	8.6	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Veart	1,227	4.0	-12.2
Majority			2,233	7.3
Turnout			30,728	54.9
	SNP hold		Swing	0.35

Liberal Democrats gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Kenny MacAskill	11,209	37.4	+14.2
	Labour	Norman Murray	9,827	32.8	-12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Cole-Hamilton	5,473	18.3	+9.1
	Conservative	Christine Wright	3,458	11.5	-2.3
Majority			1,382	4.6
Turnout			29,967	52.9	+4.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+13.3

Footnotes

See also

• Politics of Edinburgh