East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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East Lothian (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering most of the council area of East Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Paul McLennan from the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

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The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are: Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Galloway and West Dumfries, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Template:Maplink The East Lothian constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.[1] Following their first Periodic Review into Scottish Parliament constituencies, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the formation of a modified East Lothian, with the Musselburgh electorate wards part of a redrawn Midlothian North and Musselburgh constituency, which was first used for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

The Holyrood constituency covers most of the East Lothian council area. The remainder is represented by the Midlothian North and Musselburgh constituency.

East Lothian is formed from the electoral wards listed below. All of these wards are part of East Lothian.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 1999 John Home Robertson Labour
2007 Iain Gray
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 2021 Paul McLennan SNP

Election results

2020s

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This was the only SNP gain from Labour at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

2010s

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2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: East Lothian
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2003 Scottish Parliament election: East Lothian
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Turnout 31,204 52.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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1990s

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Majority 10,946 29.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 37,582 72.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Template:Webarchive

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External links

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