Edinburgh North and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh North and Leith was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the Lothians 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.

Not to be confused with Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency).

Edinburgh North and Leith
Former burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh North and Leith shown within the Lothians electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created1999
Abolished2011
Council areaCity of Edinburgh
Replaced byEdinburgh Northern and Leith

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the constituency was largely replaced by Edinburgh Northern and Leith.

Electoral region
See also Lothians Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region were Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston and Midlothian.

The region covered the City of Edinburgh council area, the West Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, and part of the East Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries

The Edinburgh North and Leith constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the same name and boundaries as an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish House of Commons constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.[1]

Council area

The Holyrood constituency covered a northern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area. The rest of the city area was covered by five other constituencies, all also in the Lothians electoral region: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh West.

Edinburgh North and Leith had boundaries with the Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency, the Edinburgh Central constituency and the Edinburgh West constituency.

The Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency also covered the Musselburgh portion of the East Lothian council area. The rest of the East Lothian area was covered by the East Lothian constituency, which was in the South of Scotland electoral region.

Wards

Edinburgh North and Leith included the wards of Broughton, Calton, Granton, Harbour, Lorne, New Town, Newhaven, Stockbridge, Trinity, and part of the Pilton ward, which is split with the Edinburgh West constituency. The wards were created in 1999, at the same time as the constituency, and was replaced with new wards in 2007, without change to constituency boundaries.

Constituency profile

Edinburgh North and Leith was an urban constituency. It included Granton, Leith, New Town, Newhaven, Stockbridge, Trinity and a part of the Pilton area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1999 Malcolm Chisholm Scottish Labour Party
2011 constituency abolished: replaced by Edinburgh Northern and Leith

Election results
2007 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh North and Leith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Chisholm 11,020 34.8 -3.4
Liberal Democrats Mike Crockart 8,576 27.1 +10.4
SNP Davie Hutchison 8,044 25.4 +6.0
Conservative Iain Whyte 4,045 12.8 -4.0
Majority 2,444 7.7 -9.7
Turnout 31,685 52.8 +4.7
Labour hold Swing
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh North and Leith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Chisholm 10,979 38.21 −8.73
SNP Anne Dana 5,565 19.37 −5.34
Conservative Ian Mowat 4,821 16.78 + 3.05
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Tombs 4,785 16.65 + 5.65
Scottish Socialist Bill Scott 2,584 8.99 +6.51
Majority 5,414 18.84 −2.27
Turnout 28,734 47.49 −10.70
Labour hold Swing
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh North and Leith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Chisholm 17,203 46.94 N/A
SNP Anne Dana 9,467 25.83 N/A
Conservative Jamie Sempill 5,030 13.73 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Tombs 4,039 11.02 N/A
Scottish Socialist Ron Brown 907 2.48 N/A
Majority 7,736 21.11 N/A
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Footnotes
  1. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

See also
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