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Edinburgh North and Leith Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith shown within the Lothians electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created:	1999
MSP:	Malcolm Chisholm
Party:	Labour
Council area:	City of Edinburgh

Edinburgh North and Leith 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.

Contents 1 Electoral region 2 Constituency boundaries 2.1 Council area 2.2 Wards 3 Description of the constituency 4 Member of the Scottish Parliament 5 Election results 6 Footnote 6.1 See also

See also Lothians Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, 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 North and Leith 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 a northern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area. The rest of the city area is covered by five other constituencies, all also in the Lothians electoral region: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh West.

Edinburgh North and Leith has boundaries with the Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency, the Edinburgh Central constituency and the Edinburgh West constituency.

The Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency also covers the Musselburgh portion of the East Lothian council area. The rest of the East Lothian area is covered by the East Lothian constituency, which is in the South of Scotland electoral region.

Edinburgh North and Leith includes the wards of Broughton, Calton, Granton, Harbour, Lorne, New Town, Newhaven, Stockbridge, Trinity, and part of the Pilton ward, which is split with the Edinburgh Central constituency. The wards were created in 1999, at the same time as the constituency, and are due to be replaced with new wards in 2007, without change to constituency boundaries.

Edinburgh North and Leith is an urban constituency. It includes Granton, Leith, New Town, Newhaven, Stockbridge, Trinity and a part of the Pilton area.

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Malcolm Chisholm	Labour
	2003
	2007

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Edinburgh North and Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Party	Malcolm Chisholm	11,020	34.8	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Crockart	8,576	27.1	+10.4
	Scottish National Party	Davie Hutchison	8,044	25.4	+6.0
	Conservative Party	Iain Whyte	4,045	12.8	-4.0
Majority			2,444	7.7
Turnout			31,685	52.8	+4.7
	Labour Party hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Edinburgh North and Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Party	Malcolm Chisholm	10,979	38.21	−8.73
	Scottish National Party	Anne Dana	5,565	19.37	−5.34
	Conservative Party	Ian Mowat	4,821	16.78	+ 3.05
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Tombs	4,785	16.65	+ 5.65
	Scottish Socialist Party	Bill Scott	2,584	8.99	+6.51
Majority			5,414	18.84	−2.27
Turnout			28,734	47.49	−10.70
	Labour Party hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North and Leith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Party	Malcolm Chisholm	17,203	46.94	N/A
	Scottish National Party	Anne Dana	9,467	25.83	N/A
	Conservative Party	Jamie Sempill	5,030	13.73	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Tombs	4,039	11.02	N/A
	Scottish Socialist Party	Ron Brown	907	2.48	N/A
Majority			7,736	21.11	N/A
Turnout
	Labour Party hold		Swing

1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

• Politics of Edinburgh
• Members of the Scottish Parliament, 2003-2007

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Lothians	Edinburgh Central · Edinburgh East and Musselburgh · Edinburgh North and Leith · Edinburgh Pentlands · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh West · Linlithgow · Livingston · Midlothian
Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife  · Dunfermline East · Dunfermline West · Kirkcaldy · North East Fife · North Tayside · Ochil · Perth · Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central · Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Angus · Banff and Buchan · Dundee East · Dundee West · Gordon · West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr · Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley · Clydesdale · Cunninghame South · Dumfries · East Lothian · Galloway and Upper Nithsdale · Roxburgh and Berwickshire · Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie · Cunninghame North · Dumbarton · Eastwood · Greenock and Inverclyde · Paisley North · Paisley South · Strathkelvin and Bearsden · West Renfrewshire