Edinburgh Leith (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Edinburgh Leith Burgh constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Edinburgh Leith was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1997, when it was superseded by Edinburgh North and Leith. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Leith Burghs had been a district of burghs constituency in the same area from 1832 to 1918.
[edit] Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | William Wedgewood Benn | Independent Liberal | |
| 1927 | Ernest Brown | Liberal (1927-1931), National Liberal | |
| 1945 | James Hutchison Hoy | Labour | |
| 1970 | Ronald King Murray | Labour | |
| 1979 | Ron Brown | Labour | |
| 1992 | Malcolm Chisholm | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Edinburgh North and Leith | ||
[edit] Elections
| General Election 1992: Edinburgh Leith | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Malcolm Chisholm | 13,790 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Fiona Hyslop | 8,805 | |||
| Conservative | B. Bin Ashiq Rizvi | 8,496 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mrs H. Campbell | 4,975 | |||
| Independent Labour | Ron Brown | 4,142 | |||
| Natural Law | A. Swan | 196 | |||
| Majority | 4,985 | ||||
| Turnout | 71.3 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Leith | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Liberal | Rt Hon Ernest Brown MC | 18,888 | |||
| Labour | D.C. Thomson | 13,818 | |||
| General Election 1931: Leith | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Liberal | Ernest Brown MC | 24,847 | |||
| Labour | Arthur Woodburn | 13,400 | |||
