Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh Eastern
Edinburgh Eastern
	burgh constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	Edinburgh Eastern shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Ash Denham
Council area	City of Edinburgh
Created from	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh,; Edinburgh South

Edinburgh Eastern 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 Lothian 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.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh was abolished. The successor constituencies are Edinburgh Eastern, and Midlothian North and Musselburgh.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The City of Edinburgh is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.

Edinburgh Eastern uses the following electoral wards:

In full: Craigentinny/Duddingston
In part: City Centre, Leith, Liberton/Gilmerton, Portobello/Craigmillar

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Kenny MacAskill	Scottish National Party
	2016	Ash Denham	Scottish National Party

Election results

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh Eastern[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Ash Denham	16,760	47.3	-0.1
	Labour	Kezia Dugdale	11,673	33.0	-7.1
	Conservative	Nick Cook	5,700	16.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Cospatric d'Inverno	1,264	3.6	-0.4
Majority			5,087	14.3	+7.0
Turnout			35,397	56.3	+1.4
	SNP hold		Swing	+3.5

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh Eastern[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Kenny MacAskill	14,552	47.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Ewan Aitken	12,319	40.1	N/A
	Conservative	Cameron Buchanan	2,630	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Veart	1,227	4.0	N/A
Majority			2,233	7.3	N/A
Turnout			30,728	54.9	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)

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