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Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Scottish Parliament burgh constituency |
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| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh shown within the Lothians electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Kenny MacAskill |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Council area: | City of Edinburgh |
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 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 Lothians 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.
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- See also Lothians Scottish Parliament region
The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston and Midlothian.
The region covers the City of Edinburgh council area, the West Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, and part of the East Lothian council area.
The Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 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].
The Holyrood constituency covers an eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area and the Musselburgh portion of the East Lothian council area.
The rest of the city area is covered by five other constituencies, all also in the Lothians electoral region: Edinburgh South, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, and Edinburgh West, which are all entirely within the city area. Edinburgh East and Musselburgh has boundaries with the Edinburgh South constituency, the Edinburgh Central constituency and the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
The rest of the East Lothian area is covered by the East Lothian constituency, which is in the South of Scotland electoral region.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Susan Deacon | Labour | |
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| 2007 | Kenny MacAskill | Scottish National Party | |
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Kenny MacAskill | 11,209 | 37.4 | +14.2 | |
| Labour Party | Norman Murray | 9,827 | 32.8 | -12.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Cole-Hamilton | 5,473 | 18.3 | +9.1 | |
| Conservative Party | Christine Wright | 3,458 | 11.5 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 1,382 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 29,967 | 52.9 | +4.3 | ||
| Scottish National Party gain from Labour Party | Swing | +13.3 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Susan Deacon | 12,655 | 43.57 | −2.62 | |
| Scottish National Party | Kenny MacAskill | 6,497 | 22.37 | −5.67 | |
| Conservative Party | John Smart | 3,863 | 13.30 | +0.86 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Peacock | 3,582 | 12.33 | +1.85 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Derek Durkin | 2,447 | 8.43 | +6.55 | |
| Majority | 6,158 | 21.20 | +3.05 | ||
| Turnout | 29,044 | 50.33 | −11.44 | ||
| Labour Party hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Party | Susan Deacon | 17,086 | 46.19 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Kenny MacAskill | 10,370 | 28.04 | N/A | |
| Conservative Party | Jeremey Balfour | 4,600 | 12.44 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Thomas | 4,100 | 11.08 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | Derrick White | 697 | 1.88 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,714 | 18.15 | N/A | ||
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