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East Lothian
County constituency
EastLothianConstituency.svg
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)

Contents

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Moffat
Liberal Democrat Stuart Ritchie
SNP Andrew Sharp
Conservative Michael Vietch

Elections in the 2000s

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
SNP Paul McLennan 5,995 13.1 -1.8
Scottish Green Michael Collie 1,132 2.5 N/A
Scottish Socialist Gary Galbraith 504 1.1 N/A
UKIP Eric Robb 306 0.7 N/A
Christian Vote William Thompson 178 0.4 N/A
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
SNP 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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: East Lothian[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Home Robertson 22,881 52.7 +6.2
Conservative Murdo Fraser 8,660 19.9 -8.3
SNP David McCarthy 6,825 15.7 +1.5
Liberal Democrat Alison MacAskill 4,575 10.5 -0.7
Referendum Party N. Nash 491 1.1 N/A
Majority 14,221
Turnout 75.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: East Lothian[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Home Robertson 25,537 46.5
Conservative James Hepburne Scott 15,501 28.2
SNP George Thomson 7,776 14.2
Liberal Democrat Tim McKay 6,126 11.2
Majority 10,036
Turnout 82.4
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ East Lothian, UKPollingReport
  2. ^ a b "Aristotle: East Lothian", Guardian Unlimited
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Labour
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Liberal Democrat
Scottish National Party
Conservative
Scotland European constituency: Scottish National Party (2) · Labour (2) · Conservative (1) · Liberal Democrat (1)
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