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Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Edinburgh East Burgh constituency |
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| Edinburgh East shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1885, 2005 |
| MP: | Gavin Strang |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | City of Edinburgh |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Edinburgh East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
In its present form the constituency was first used in the 2005 general election, but there was also an Edinburgh East constituency from 1885 to 1997.
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Edinburgh East is now one of five constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area. All are entirely within the city council area. Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by six constituencies, with one straddling a boundary with another council area.
In 1918 the constituency consisted of the "Burgh of Musselburgh and the Canongate and Portobello Municipal Wards of Edinburgh."
The Edinburgh East constituency, as defined in 2005, consists of areas formerly within the constituencies of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South.[1] It is largely a replacement for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh. Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.
As implied by the name, Edinburgh East covers an eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh. In terms of wards used in elections to the City of Edinburgh Council, 1999 to 2007, it includes the wards of Craigmillar, Duddingston, Holyrood, Leith Links, Meadowbank, Milton, Mountcastle, Portobello, Prestonfield, Restalrig, Southside and Tollcross. The wards are due to be replaced with new wards in 2007, as a consequence of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.
The constituency is predominantly urban.
The constituency of the 1885 to 1997 period was created when the Edinburgh consituency was abolished, in favour of four new consituencies: 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.
- 1885 - 1886: George Joachim Goschen, Liberal
- 1886 - 1899: Robert Wallace
- 1899 - 1909: Sir George McCrae, Liberal
- 1909 - 1912: Sir James Puckering Gibson
- 1912 - 1924: James Myles Hogge
- 1924 - 1931: Thomas Drummond Shiels, Labour
- 1931 - 1935: David Marshall Mason, Liberal
- 1935 - 1945: Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Labour
- 1945 - 1947: George Reid Thomson, Labour
- 1947 - 1954: John Wheatley, Labour
- 1954 - 1970: George Willis, Labour
- 1970 - 1997: Gavin Strang, Labour
- 2005 - : Gavin Strang, Labour
| General Election 2005: Edinburgh East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gavin Strang | 15,899 | 40.0% | -9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gordon Mackenzie | 9,697 | 24.4% | +7.2 | |
| Scottish National Party | Stefan Tymkewycz | 6,760 | 17.0% | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Mev Brown | 4,093 | 10.3% | -0.8 | |
| Scottish Green Party | Cara Gillespie | 2,266 | 5.7% | +5.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Catriona Grant | 868 | 2.2% | -1.8 | |
| Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party | Brett Harris | 89 | 0.2% | +0.2 | |
| Communist League | Peter Clifford | 37 | 0.1% | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 6,202 | 15.6% | |||
| Turnout | 39,709 | 61.3 | +8.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Edinburgh East & Musselburgh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gavin Strang | 18,124 | 52.6 | -1.0 | |
| Scottish National Party | Rob Munn | 5,956 | 17.3 | -1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gary Peacock | 4,981 | 14.5 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Peter Finnie | 3,906 | 11.3 | -4.1 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Derek Durkin | 1,487 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,168 | 35.3 | |||
| Turnout | 34,454 | 58.2 | -12.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Edinburgh East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rt Hon Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | 13,341 | |||
| Conservative | Minna G Cowan OBE | 12,229 | |||
| Liberal | David Marshall Mason | 5,313 | |||
| General Election 1931: Edinburgh East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | David Marshall Mason | 17,372 | |||
| Labour | Dr Drummond Shiels MC | 10,244 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Rev T.T. Alexander | 2,872 | |||
| General Election 1906: Edinburgh East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | George McCrae | 6,606 | |||
| Conservative | Rankin Dawson | 2,432 | |||
| General Election 1886: Edinburgh East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert Wallace | 3,694 | |||
| Liberal Unionist | Rt Hon George Joachim Goschen | 2,253 | |||
| General Election 1885: Edinburgh East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Rt Hon George Joachim Goschen | 4,337 | |||
| Conservative | Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe | 1,929 | |||