Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Edinburgh North and Leith Burgh constituency |
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| Edinburgh North and Leith shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Mark Lazarowicz |
| Party: | Labour Co-operative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | City of Edinburgh |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (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 retains the older boundaires.
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[edit] Boundaries
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. Of the six constituencies, there was one, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, which straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area, to take in Musselburgh.
Boundaries were revised for the 2005 election. Edinburgh North and Leith was enlarged, to include areas formerly within the Edinburgh Central constituency, and became one of five constituencies covering the city area, all entirely within that area.[1]
The constituency is urban, and covers a northern portion of the city council area. The former burgh of Leith is within the constituency. In terms of wards used in elections to the City of Edinburgh Council, 1999 to 2007, the constituency includes the wards of Broughton, Calton, Craigleith, Dean, Granton, Harbour, Lorne, New Town, Newhaven, Pilton, Stockbridge and Trinity. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, these wards are due to be replaced with new wards in 2007.
[edit] Member of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Malcolm Chisholm | Labour | |
| 2001 | Mark Lazarowicz | Labour Co-operative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Edinburgh North & Leith | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |
| Scottish National Party | Davie Hutchison | 4,344 | 10.2% | -4.2 | |
| Scottish Green | Mark Sydenham | 2,482 | 5.8% | +5.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Bill Scott | 804 | 1.9% | -1.7 | |
| Majority | 2,153 | 5.0% | |||
| Turnout | 42,640 | 62.7 | +8.8 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -8.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Edinburgh North & Leith | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Mark Lazarowicz | 15,271 | 45.9 | -1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Tombs | 6,454 | 19.4 | +6.4 | |
| Scottish National Party | Kaukab Stewart | 5,290 | 15.9 | -4.2 | |
| Conservative | Iain Mitchell | 4,626 | 13.9 | -3.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Catriona Grant | 1,334 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Don Jacobsen | 259 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,817 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 33,234 | 53.0 | -13.5 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
