Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh North and Leith | |
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City of Edinburgh | |
Major settlements | Edinburgh (part), Leith |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Deidre Brock (SNP) |
Created from | Edinburgh Leith |
Edinburgh North and Leith is a
In 1999, a
At the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the constituency returned an above average No vote; 60% voted for Scotland to stay in the United Kingdom, while 40% voted Yes to independence.[1] At the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union, the constituency voted to Remain by 78.2%. This constituency was the seventh-highest supporter for a Remain vote.[2]
Constituency profile
The constituency is urbanised, affluent and left-leaning,[3] and covers several northern communities of the city, as well as most of the former burgh of Leith, which controversially amalgamated with the City of Edinburgh in 1920. It has the highest proportion of residents living in tenements and flats of any parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, and a relatively high proportion of university graduates. It includes a mix of leafy, expensive residential areas in the South and West of the constituency and densely populated areas nearer to Leith with more young professionals and students, as well as older residents whose families have lived there during several previous generations.
It also includes
Boundaries
When created in 1997, Edinburgh North and Leith was largely a replacement for the
.Constituency boundaries in
.As a result of the
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Malcolm Chisholm | Labour | |
2001 | Mark Lazarowicz | Labour Co-op
| |
2015 | Deidre Brock | SNP |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Deidre Brock[6] | ||||
Labour | Tracy Gilbert[7] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian May[8] | ||||
Reform UK | Alan Melville[9] | ||||
Scottish Green | Kayleigh O'Neill[10] | ||||
Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Deidre Brock | 25,925 | 43.7 | 9.7 | |
Labour Co-op
|
Gordon Munro | 13,117 | 22.1 | 9.0 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill | 11,000 | 18.5 | 8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Wilson | 6,635 | 11.2 | 6.6 | |
Scottish Green | Steve Burgess | 1,971 | 3.3 | 0.3 | |
Brexit Party
|
Robert Speirs | 558 | 0.9 | New | |
Renew | Heather Astbury | 138 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 12,808 | 21.6 | 18.7 | ||
Turnout | 59,334 | 73.0 | 1.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Deidre Brock | 19,243 | 34.0 | 6.9 | |
Labour Co-op
|
Gordon Munro | 17,618 | 31.1 | 0.2 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill | 15,385 | 27.2 | 11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Veart | 2,579 | 4.6 | 0.1 | |
Scottish Green | Lorna Slater | 1,727 | 3.0 | 2.4 | |
Majority | 1,625 | 2.9 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 56,552 | 71.2 | 0.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | 3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Deidre Brock | 23,742 | 40.9 | 31.3 | |
Labour Co-op
|
Mark Lazarowicz[18] | 18,145 | 31.3 | 6.2 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill[19] | 9,378 | 16.2 | 1.3 | |
Scottish Green | Sarah Beattie-Smith[20] | 3,140 | 5.4 | 3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Veart | 2,634 | 4.5 | 29.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Melville[21] | 847 | 1.5 | New | |
Left Unity (TUSC) | Bruce Whitehead[22] | 122 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 5,597 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58,008 | 71.7 | 3.3 | ||
Labour Co-op
|
Swing | 18.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
Mark Lazarowicz | 17,740 | 37.5 | 3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Lang | 16,016 | 33.8 | 4.6 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill | 7,079 | 14.9 | 3.8 | |
SNP | Calum Cashley | 4,568 | 9.6 | 0.6 | |
Scottish Green | Kate Joester | 1,062 | 2.2 | 3.6 | |
Liberal | John Hein | 389 | 0.8 | New | |
TUSC | Willie Black | 233 | 0.5 | New | |
Socialist Labour | David Jacobsen | 141 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Cameron James MacIntyre | 128 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,724 | 3.7 | 1.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,356 | 68.4 | 5.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing | 0.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
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 | |
SNP | Davie Hutchison | 4,344 | 10.2 | -4.2 | |
Scottish Green | Mark Sydenham | 2,482 | 5.8 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Scott | 804 | 1.9 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 2,153 | 5.0 | -21.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,640 | 62.7 | +8.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing | -8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
Mark Lazarowicz | 15,271 | 45.9 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Tombs | 6,454 | 19.4 | +6.4 | |
SNP | Kaukab Stewart | 5,290 | 15.9 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | Iain Mitchell | 4,626 | 13.9 | -4.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | Catriona Grant | 1,334 | 4.0 | +3.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Don Jacobsen | 259 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 8,817 | 26.5 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,234 | 53.0 | -13.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Chisholm | 19,209 | 46.9 | N/A | |
SNP | Anne Dana | 8,231 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ewen Stewart | 7,312 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Hillary Campbell | 5,335 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Referendum | Sandy Graham | 441 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist
|
Gavin Browne | 320 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Paul Douglas-Reid | 97 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,978 | 26.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,945 | 66.5 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
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