| Midlothian North and Musselburgh | |
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| Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Midlothian North and Musselburgh shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Council area | Midlothian (part) East Lothian (part) |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
Midlothian North 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.
Before the Scottish Parliament election 2011, Midlothian has been abolished, with the creation of two new constituencies called Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
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The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow and Livingston.
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.
From the Scottish Parliament election in 2011, the newly formed constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh is formed from the following electoral wards;
Midlothian West is divided between this seat and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Clydebank and Milngavie | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SNP | Colin Beattie | 14,079 | 47.2 | +11.9 | |
| Labour | Bernard Harkins | 11,083 | 37.2 | -3.3 | |
| Conservative | Scott Douglas | 2,541 | 8.5 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Younger | 1,254 | 4.2 | -9.6 | |
| Independent | Alan Hay | 861 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 2,996 | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 29,818 | 51 | |||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 7.6 | |||
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