Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh shown within the Lothians electoral region | |
| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Susan Deacon |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council areas: | City of Edinburgh (part) East Lothian (part) |
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 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 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.
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[edit] Electoral region
- See also Lothians Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston and Midlothian.
The region covers 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.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1].
[edit] Council areas
The Holyrood constituency covers an eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area and the Musselburgh portion of the East Lothian council area.
The rest of the city area is covered by five other constituencies, all also in the Lothians electoral region: Edinburgh South, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, and Edinburgh West, which are all entirely within the city area. Edinburgh East and Musselburgh has boundaries with the Edinburgh South constituency, the Edinburgh Central constituency and the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
The rest of the East Lothian area is covered by the East Lothian constituency, which is in the South of Scotland electoral region.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
- 1999 - 2007: Susan Deacon, Labour
[edit] Candidates
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2007: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Cole-Hamilton | ||||
| Scottish National Party | Kenny MacAskill | - | |||
| Labour | Norman Murray | ||||
| Conservative and Unionist | Christine Wright | ||||
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[edit] Election results
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