Edinburgh North and Leith | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
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![]() Location within Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Edinburgh |
Major settlements | Edinburgh (part), Leith |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Tracy Gilbert (Labour) |
Created from | Edinburgh Leith |
Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), first used in the 1997 general election. It elects 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. See Edinburgh North and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency). The boundaries of the Westminster constituency were altered, however, in 2005, and the Scottish Parliament constituency retained the older boundaries until 2011. Since then, the seat has mainly been split between the Edinburgh Northern and Leith and Edinburgh Central constituencies at Holyrood, with a small area also located in Edinburgh Western.
At the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the constituency returned an above average No vote; 60% voted for Scotland to stay in the United Kingdom, while 40% voted Yes to independence.[1] At the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union, the constituency voted to Remain by 78.2%. This constituency was the seventh-highest supporter of a Remain vote.[2]
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency is urbanised, affluent and left-leaning,[3] and covers several northern communities of the city, as well as most of the former burgh of Leith, which controversially amalgamated with the City of Edinburgh in 1920. It has the highest proportion of residents living in tenements and flats of any parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, and a relatively high proportion of university graduates. It includes a mix of leafy, expensive residential areas in the South and West of the constituency and densely populated areas nearer to Leith with more young professionals and students, as well as older residents whose families have lived there during several previous generations.
It also includes Calton Hill, the shops and offices on the northern side of Princes Street, Bute House, the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, the Edinburgh Playhouse, the Edinburgh Waterfront, the stretch of the Water of Leith from Dean Village to Leith Harbour, the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Western General Hospital and the notable private schools.
Boundaries
[edit]When created in 1997, Edinburgh North and Leith was largely a replacement for the Edinburgh Leith constituency, and was one of six constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area. One of those six, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area to take in Musselburgh.
Constituency boundaries in Scotland were revised for the 2005 election. The number of constituencies within the city was reduced from six to five, each now entirely within the city area, and Musselburgh was reunited with the remainder of East Lothian.[4] A new Edinburgh North and Leith constituency was created, including the whole of the former one, but also taking in the Dean ward from Edinburgh Central and Craigleith ward from Edinburgh West.
1997-2005: The City of Edinburgh wards of Broughton, Calton, Granton, Harbour, Lorne, New Town, Newhaven, Pilton, Stockbridge and Trinity.
2005-2010: As above plus Dean and Craigleith wards.
2010-2024: Parts of the City of Edinburgh wards of Leith, Leith Walk, Forth, Inverleith and City Centre.
- Updated as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
2024-present: As above plus Almond ward.[5]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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1997 | Malcolm Chisholm | Labour | |
2001 | Mark Lazarowicz | Labour Co-op | |
2015 | Deidre Brock | SNP | |
2024 | Tracy Gilbert | Labour |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tracy Gilbert | 20,805 | 42.1 | +20.4 | |
SNP | Deidre Brock | 13,537 | 27.4 | −16.4 | |
Scottish Green | Kayleigh O'Neill | 5,417 | 10.9 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Andersen | 3,879 | 7.8 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Joanna Mowat | 3,254 | 6.6 | −11.0 | |
Reform UK | Alan Melville | 1,818 | 3.7 | +2.8 | |
Socialist Labour | David Jacobsen | 227 | 0.5 | New | |
Scottish Family | Niel Deepnarain | 210 | 0.4 | New | |
Communist | Richard Shillcock | 189 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Caroline Waterloo | 139 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,268 | 14.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,648 | 63.3 | −9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 78,411 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | -12.4 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Deidre Brock | 25,925 | 43.7 | +9.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Gordon Munro | 13,117 | 22.1 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill | 11,000 | 18.5 | −8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Wilson | 6,635 | 11.2 | +6.6 | |
Scottish Green | Steve Burgess | 1,971 | 3.3 | +0.3 | |
Brexit Party | Robert Speirs | 558 | 0.9 | New | |
Renew | Heather Astbury | 138 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 12,808 | 21.6 | +18.7 | ||
Turnout | 59,334 | 73.0 | +1.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Deidre Brock | 19,243 | 34.0 | −6.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Gordon Munro | 17,618 | 31.1 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill | 15,385 | 27.2 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Veart | 2,579 | 4.6 | +0.1 | |
Scottish Green | Lorna Slater | 1,727 | 3.0 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 1,625 | 2.9 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 56,552 | 71.2 | −0.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Deidre Brock | 23,742 | 40.9 | +31.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Mark Lazarowicz[16] | 18,145 | 31.3 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill[17] | 9,378 | 16.2 | +1.3 | |
Scottish Green | Sarah Beattie-Smith[18] | 3,140 | 5.4 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Veart | 2,634 | 4.5 | −29.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Melville[19] | 847 | 1.5 | New | |
Left Unity (TUSC) | Bruce Whitehead[20] | 122 | 0.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 5,597 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58,008 | 71.7 | +3.3 | ||
SNP gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | +18.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Lazarowicz | 17,740 | 37.5 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Lang | 16,016 | 33.8 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill | 7,079 | 14.9 | −3.8 | |
SNP | Calum Cashley | 4,568 | 9.6 | −0.6 | |
Scottish Green | Kate Joester | 1,062 | 2.2 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | John Hein | 389 | 0.8 | New | |
TUSC | Willie Black | 233 | 0.5 | New | |
Socialist Labour | David Jacobsen | 141 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Cameron James MacIntyre | 128 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,724 | 3.7 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,356 | 68.4 | +5.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Lazarowicz | 14,597 | 34.2 | −7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Crockart | 12,444 | 29.2 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Iain Whyte | 7,969 | 18.7 | ±0.0 | |
SNP | Davie Hutchison | 4,344 | 10.2 | −4.2 | |
Scottish Green | Mark Sydenham | 2,482 | 5.8 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Scott | 804 | 1.9 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 2,153 | 5.0 | −21.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,640 | 62.7 | +8.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Lazarowicz | 15,271 | 45.9 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Tombs | 6,454 | 19.4 | +6.4 | |
SNP | Kaukab Stewart | 5,290 | 15.9 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Iain Mitchell | 4,626 | 13.9 | −4.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | Catriona Grant | 1,334 | 4.0 | +3.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Don Jacobsen | 259 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 8,817 | 26.5 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,234 | 53.0 | −13.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Malcolm Chisholm | 19,209 | 46.9 | N/A | |
SNP | Anne Dana | 8,231 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ewen Stewart | 7,312 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Hillary Campbell | 5,335 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Referendum | Sandy Graham | 441 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Gavin Browne | 320 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Paul Douglas-Reid | 97 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,978 | 26.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,945 | 66.5 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Revised estimates of leave vote in Westminster constituencies". Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Edinburgh North and Leith: Seat Details". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Fifth Periodical Review". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 21 September 2007.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Edinburgh North and Leith". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
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- ^ "UK ELECTION RESULTS: EDINBURGH NORTH & LEITH 2015". Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Iain McGill for Edinburgh North & Leith". Edinburgh Conservative and Unionist Federation. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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External links
[edit]- Edinburgh North and Leith UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Edinburgh North and Leith UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK