Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Edinburgh East was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

It existed from 1885 to 1997 and from 2005 to 2024.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was expanded to include the town of Musselburgh. As a consequence, it reverted to the name of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh used from 1997 to 2005.^[1]

Boundaries

Edinburgh East was one of five constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area. All were entirely within the city council area. Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by six constituencies, with Edinburgh East and Musselburgh straddling the boundary with the East Lothian council area.

1885–1918: The municipal wards of Broughton, Calton, and Canongate of the burgh of Edinburgh, and so much of St. Leonard's ward as lies to the north of a line drawn along the centres of East and West Richmond Streets.^[2]

1918–1950: The burgh of Musselburgh and the Canongate and Portobello municipal wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.^[3]

1950–1955: The burgh of Musselburgh and the Craigentinny, Craigmillar and Portobello wards (as constituted by the Local Government (Scotland) (Edinburgh Wards) Order 1948, SI 1948/1138) of the county of the city of Edinburgh.^[4]

1955–1974: The burgh of Musselburgh and the Craigentinny, Portobello and Craigmillar (with the exception of the area added by the Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1954).^[5]

1974–1983: The burgh of Musselburgh and the Craigmillar, Craigentinny and Portobello wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.^[6]

1983–1997: Electoral divisions 22 (Calton/Lochend), 30 (Willowbrae/Mountcastle), 31 (Portobello/Milton) and 39 (Niddrie/Craigmillar) and ward 30 (Craigentinny) of the City of Edinburgh.^[7]

2005–2024: The City of Edinburgh wards of Tollcross, Southside, Holyrood, Meadowbank, Mountcastle, Leith Links, Restalrig, Portobello, Milton, Prestonfield, Craigmillar, and Duddingston.^[8]

The Edinburgh East constituency, as defined in 2005, consisted of areas formerly within the constituencies of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South.^[9] It was largely a replacement for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh. Scottish Parliament constituencies retained the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.

As implied by the name, Edinburgh East covered an eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area, although it extended well into the city centre. It included the areas of Craigmillar, Duddingston, Holyrood, Leith Links, Meadowbank, Milton, Mountcastle, Portobello, Prestonfield, Restalrig, Southside and Tollcross.

The constituency was predominantly urban.

The constituency of the 1885 to 1997 period was created when the Edinburgh constituency was abolished, in favour of four new constituencies: Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West. Edinburgh Central was abolished in 2005. The South and West constituencies continue in use, with altered boundaries.

Constituency profile

The seat as it existed from 2005 to 2024 covered the historic Old Town including notable buildings such as Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, the Royal Mile, St Giles' Cathedral and the Scottish Parliament building, as well as Portobello Beach. The constituency also housed the University of Edinburgh and had a significant student population. Towards the south and east it also included some of Edinburgh's more deprived areas such as the Craigmillar housing estate.

On average, residents were slightly wealthier and healthier than the UK average.^[10]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[11]	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1885	George Goschen	Independent Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1886	George Goschen	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1886	Robert Wallace	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1899 by-election	Sir George McCrae	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1909 by-election	Sir James Gibson, Bt	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1912 by-election	James Myles Hogge	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1924	Thomas Drummond Shiels	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1931	David Marshall Mason	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1935	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1945 by-election	George Reid Thomson	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1947 by-election	John Wheatley	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1954 by-election	George Willis	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1970	Gavin Strang	Labour
1997		Constituency abolished: see Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	2005	Gavin Strang	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	2010	Sheila Gilmore	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	2015	Tommy Sheppard	SNP
2024		Constituency abolished: see Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Edinburgh East^[12]^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sheila Gilmore	12,748	26.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Eleanor Price	6,549	13.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Jill Reilly	3,289	6.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Claire Miller	2,064	4.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			10,417	21.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			47,815	68.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2017: Edinburgh East^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Patsy King	15,084	34.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Katie Mackie	8,081	18.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Tristan Gray	1,849	4.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			3,425	7.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			43,622	66.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2015: Edinburgh East^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sheila Gilmore	14,082	29.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James McMordie	4,670	9.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Peter McColl	2,809	6.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Karen Utting	1,325	2.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Oliver Corbishley^[19]	898	1.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ayesha Saleem^[20]	117	0.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			9,106	19.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			47,089	70.1	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2010: Edinburgh East^[21]^[22]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Kerevan	8,133	20.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Beverley Hope	7,751	19.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Martin Donald	4,358	10.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robin Harper	2,035	5.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gary Clark	274	0.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			9,181	23.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			39,865	65.4	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Edinburgh East^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gordon Mackenzie	9,697	24.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Stefan Tymkewycz	6,760	17.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mev Brown	4,093	10.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Cara Gillespie	2,266	5.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Catriona Grant	868	2.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party	Brett Harris	89	0.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Peter Clifford	37	0.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			6,202	15.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			39,709	61.3	Script error: No such module "String".
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Election in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Edinburgh East^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kenneth F. Ward	8,235	24.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Debin McKinney	6,225	18.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Devin S. Scobie	3,432	10.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Graeme W. Farmer	424	1.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			7,211	21.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			33,762	73.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Edinburgh East^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Renz	8,962	24.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Judith Aitken	5,592	15.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mungo Bovey	3,434	9.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			9,295	25.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			36,245	74.1	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1983: Edinburgh East^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Paul Martin	10,303	28.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Roderick Macleod	7,570	21.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Paul Henderson Scott	1,976	5.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,866	16.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			36,018	70.4	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	G Campbell	14,660	33.52
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George C MacDougall	5,296	12.11
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Carol Downes	173	0.40
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Terry Brotherstone	124	0.28	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			8,817	20.17	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			43,730	76.10	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election October 1974: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George C MacDougall	11,213	25.61
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	M Hogg	10,111	23.09
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	GN Dalzell	2,578	5.89
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Irene Swan	213	0.49
Majority			8,456	19.31	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			43,784	76.20	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election February 1974: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	DJ May	14,614	31.65
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George C MacDougall	7,128	15.44
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Melling	3,998	8.66	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Irene Swan	274	0.59
Majority			5,549	12.01	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			46,077	81.08	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1970: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Neil Gow	16,657	38.97
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Helen B Davidson	3,502	8.19	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Irene Swan	413	0.97	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,514	12.90	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			42,743	74.42	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Barry Henderson	16,614	39.52
Majority			8,809	20.96	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			42,037	77.40	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1964: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert L McEwen	19,376	43.85
Majority			5,432	12.30	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			44,184	80.95	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Edinburgh East
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Earl of Dalkeith	21,932	49.65
Majority			312	0.70	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			44,176	80.68	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1955: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	W Ian R Fraser	19,198	47.48
Majority			2,042	5.04	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			40,438	75.37	Script error: No such module "String".
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1954 by-election: Edinburgh East^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Grant	13,922	42.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,028	15.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			32,872	61.8	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1951: Edinburgh East
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Grant	21,400	45.92
Majority			3,801	8.16	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			46,601	83.82	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1950: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles Donaldson	17,531	38.76
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Hope	3,632	8.03
Majority			6,541	14.46	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			45,235	83.18	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1940s

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1947 by-election: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". (Script error: No such module "Political party".)	Duncan M. Matthews	11,490	34.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Junor	3,379	10.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mary Fraser Dott	1,682	5.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,416	16.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			33,457		Script error: No such module "String".
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1945 by-election: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Tam Galbraith	9,665	38.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,817	23.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			25,147		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1945: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Angus Sinclair	12,771	37.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Frederick C Yeaman	2,149	6.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			6,529	19.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			34,220	69.6	Script error: No such module "String".
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General Election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Labour: Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
Liberal:
Unionist:

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Minna Cowan	12,229	39.60
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Marshall Mason	5,313	17.20
Majority			1,112	3.60	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			30,883	68.63	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1931: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Drummond Shiels	10,244	33.60
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Rev Thomas Thomson Alexander	2,872	9.42	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			7,128	23.38	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			30,488	76.84	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Thomas Pringle McDonald	8,687	29.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Richard Cobden Thyne	6,889	23.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,246	17.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			29,509	76.5	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1924: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles Milne	6,105	29.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Myles Hogge	5,625	26.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			3,255	15.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			20,190	74.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1923: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles John Morris Mancor	5,045	31.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,831	36.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			15,921	58.5	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1922: Edinburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sam McDonald	7,088	40.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			3,463	19.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			17,639	66.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1910s

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James Hogge

General election 1918: Edinburgh East
Party		Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Majority		3,324	24.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout		13,596	52.5	Script error: No such module "String".
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1912 by-election: Edinburgh East^[28]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Gordon Jameson	4,139	45.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			925	10.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			9,203	73.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election December 1910: Edinburgh East^[28]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	R.M. Cameron	3,782	37.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,654	26.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			10,218	81.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election January 1910: Edinburgh East^[28]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Patrick Ford	4,273	38.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,487	22.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			11,033	88.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1900s

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James Gibson

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1909 by-election: Edinburgh East^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Patrick Ford	4,069	47.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			458	5.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			8,596	73.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1906: Edinburgh East^[30]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Rankine Dawson	2,432	26.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			4,174	46.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			9,038	78.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1900: Edinburgh East^[31]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	R. Scott-Brown	3,170	41.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,291	17.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,631	69.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1890s

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1899 by-election: Edinburgh East^[31]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harry G. Younger	2,961	37.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,930	24.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,852	73.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
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Robert Wallace

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General election 1895: Edinburgh East^[31]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harry G. Younger	3,050	46.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			449	6.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,549	69.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1892: Edinburgh East^[32]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ralph Wardlaw McLeod Fullarton	2,809	41.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,160	17.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,778	76.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	−3.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1886: Edinburgh East^[33]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Goschen	2,253	37.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,441	24.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			5,947	77.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	+31.3

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1885: Edinburgh East^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe	1,929	30.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,408	38.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,266	82.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber		Script error: No such module "String".
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References

Specific

↑ Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
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↑ By-election in British Politics by Cook & Ramsden
↑ ^a ^b ^c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
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↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
↑ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

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General

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.

External links

Edinburgh East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

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[1] Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report

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[27] By-election in British Politics by Cook & Ramsden

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[30] Whitaker's Almanack, 1907

[ReferenceB-31] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901

[32] Whitaker's Almanack, 1893

[ReferenceC-33] Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

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