Midlothian North and Musselburgh | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Midlothian North and Musselburgh shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 85,799 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Colin Beattie |
Council area | Midlothian East Lothian |
Created from | East Lothian, Edinburgh East & Musselburgh, Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale, Midlothian |
Midlothian North and Musselburgh is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering parts of the council areas of Midlothian and East Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers areas that were formerly part of the constituencies of Midlothian and Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, both of which were abolished.[2] It has been held by Colin Beattie of the Scottish National Party since creation.
Electoral region
[edit]The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are: Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western and Linlithgow.
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
[edit]Midlothian is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, the latter is part of the South Scotland region. Part of the constituency is within the East Lothian council area, the remainder of which is represented by the East Lothian constituency (also within the South Scotland region).
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly formed constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh is formed from the following electoral wards:[3]
- In full: Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Midlothian East, (all from Midlothian council area), Musselburgh (from East Lothian council area)
- In part: Midlothian West (from Midlothian council area, shared with Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency), Tranent/Wallyford/Macmerry (from East Lothian council area, shared with East Lothian constituency)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Colin Beattie | SNP |
Election results
[edit]2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Colin Beattie[a] | 21,165 | 49.7 | ![]() |
17,620 | 41.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Stephen Curran | 13,259 | 31.1 | ![]() |
10,212 | 23.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Iain Whyte | 6,529 | 15.3 | ![]() |
7,723 | 18.1 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 3,800 | 8.9 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Dundas | 1,630 | 3.8 | ![]() |
1,372 | 3.2 | ![]() | |
Alba | 645 | 1.5 | New | |||||
Animal Welfare | 285 | 0.7 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 278 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 216 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Women's Equality | 116 | 0.3 | ![]() | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 101 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 81 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 79 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Communist | 69 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 69 | 0.2 | New | |||||
UKIP | 57 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | Ashley Graczyk | 34 | 0.1 | New | ||||
SDP | 19 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Renew | 7 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 7,906 | 18.6 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 42,583 | 42,783 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 159 | 92 | ||||||
Turnout | 42,742 | 61.7 | ![]() |
42,875 | 61.9 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Colin Beattie[a] | 16,948 | 48.9 | ![]() |
14,208 | 40.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Bernard Harkins | 9,913 | 28.6 | ![]() |
9,455 | 27.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jeremy Balfour[b] | 6,267 | 18.1 | ![]() |
6,425 | 18.5 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 2,530 | 7.3 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Jacquie Bell | 1,557 | 4.5 | ![]() |
951 | 2.7 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 718 | 2.1 | ![]() | |||||
Women's Equality | 250 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 171 | 0.5 | ![]() | |||||
RISE | 104 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Majority | 7,035 | 20.3 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 34,685 | 34,812 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 140 | 53 | ||||||
Turnout | 34,825 | 55.0 | ![]() |
34,865 | 55.0 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Region | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Colin Beattie | 14,079 | 47.2 | N/A | 12,821 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Bernard Harkins | 11,083 | 37.2 | N/A | 9,297 | 31.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Scott Douglas | 2,541 | 8.5 | N/A | 2,274 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Margo MacDonald[a] | 1,963 | 6.6 | N/A | ||||
Scottish Green | 1,105 | 3.7 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Younger | 1,254 | 4.2 | N/A | 844 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Alan Hay | 861 | 2.9 | N/A | ||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 400 | 1.3 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 297 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 238 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 190 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 104 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 85 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
CPA | 77 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Liberal | 61 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 34 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Ken O'Neil | 17 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Independent | David Hogg | 15 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Independent | Mev Brown | 10 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
Majority | 2,996 | 10.0 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 29,818 | 29,832 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 98 | 109 | ||||||
Turnout | 29,916 | 51.3 | N/A | 29,941 | 51.3 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 13. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 120. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "2021 Scottish Parliament Election: Midlothian North and Musselburgh County Constituency Result". Midlothian Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Constituencies A-Z | Midlothian North and Musselburgh, BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
- ^ "2021 Scottish Parliament Election: Lothians Regional Local Result". Midlothian Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "2016 Scottish Parliament Election results". Midlothian Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Lothian regional results". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "2011 Results of Regional List". City of Edinburgh Council. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Midlothian North and Musselburgh constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2021.