East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Lothian
County constituency
East Lothian shown within Scotland
Created: 1983
MP: Anne Picking
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
Council areas: East Lothian
EP constituency: Scotland

East Lothian is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Before the 1983 general election, the area lay in the Berwick and East Lothian constituency. See also East Lothian (council area) and East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the whole of the East Lothian council area with Musselburgh added to the seat from Edinburgh East and Musselburgh.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1983)
Year Member Party
1983 John Home Robertson Labour
2001 Anne Picking Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: East Lothian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Picking 18,983 41.5% -7.4
Liberal Democrat Chris Butler 11,363 24.8% +7.6
Conservative William Stevenson 7,315 16.0% 0.0
Scottish National Party Paul McLennan 5,995 13.1% -1.8
Scottish Green Michael Collie 1,132 2.5% +2.5
Scottish Socialist Gary Galbraith 504 1.1% -1.1
UK Independence Eric Robb 306 0.7% +0.7
Christian Vote William Thompson 178 0.4% +0.4
Majority 7,620 16.6%
Turnout 45,776 64.5 +3.6
Labour hold Swing -7.5
General Election 2001: East Lothian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Picking 17,407 47.2 -5.5
Conservative Hamish Mair 6,577 17.8 -2.1
Liberal Democrat Judith Hayman 6,506 17.6 +7.1
Scottish National Party Hilary Brown 5,381 14.6 -1.1
Scottish Socialist Derrick White 624 1.7 N/A
Socialist Labour James Herriot 376 1.0 N/A
Majority 10,830 29.4
Turnout 36,871 62.5 -13.0
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

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