Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Midlothian County constituency |
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| Midlothian shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1955 |
| MP: | David Hamilton |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Midlothian |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Midlothian, Scotland, is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Midlothian and Peeblesshire at the 1955 general election. For the historic constituency of the same name, see Midlothian (1708-1918).
A similar constituency, also called Midlothian, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the whole of the Midlothian council area. Until recently, it covered a slightly smaller area, but in 2005 Penicuik was moved into the constituency from Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
It has covered a much larger area in the past, once covering the whole of the traditional county of Midlothian, apart from Edinburgh.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1955)
- 1955 :David Johnstone Pryde, Labour
- 1959 : James Hill, Labour
- 1966 — 1992: Alex Eadie, Labour
- 1992 — 2001: Eric Clarke, Labour
- 2001 — present: David Hamilton, Labour
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Midlothian | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Hamilton | 17,153 | 45.5 | -5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Fred Mackintosh | 9,888 | 26.2 | +8.9 | |
| Scottish National Party | Colin Beattie | 6,400 | 17.0 | -2.2 | |
| Conservative | Iain McGill | 3,537 | 9.4 | +0.2 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Norman Gilfillan | 726 | 1.9 | -1.2 | |
| Majority | 7265 | 19.3 | |||
| Turnout | 37,704 | 62.2 | +1.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Midlothian | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Hamilton | 15,145 | 52.7 | -0.8 | |
| Scottish National Party | Ian Goldie | 6,131 | 21.3 | -4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jacquie Bell | 3,686 | 12.8 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Robin Traquair | 2,748 | 9.6 | -1.3 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Robert Goupillot | 837 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | John Holden | 177 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,014 | 31.4 | |||
| Turnout | 28,724 | 59.1 | -15.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
