Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency) explained

Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency) should not be confused with Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency).

Edinburgh Eastern
Type:burgh
Constituency Link:Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
Parl Name:Scottish Parliament
Year:2011
Previous:Edinburgh East and Musselburgh,
Edinburgh South
Party Label:Party
Party:Alba Party
Member Label:MSP
Member:Ash Regan
Local Council Label:Council area
Local Council:City of Edinburgh
Population:86,488 (2019)[1]

Edinburgh Eastern (Gaelic: Dùn Èideann an Ear) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Edinburgh. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian 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 constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and includes areas that were formerly part of the constituencies of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh and Midlothian North and Musselburgh, which were abolished. The seat has been held by Ash Regan since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, originally an SNP politician, she defected to Alba on 28 October 2023.

Electoral region

See also: Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region).

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are: Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Edinburgh is represented in the Scottish Parliament by six constituencies: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western.

Edinburgh Eastern uses the following electoral wards:[2]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
Kenny MacAskillSNP
Ash Regan
2023Alba

Election results

2010s

Footnotes

  1. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area-2011-dz/spc/spc-19-tabs.xlsx Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)
  2. Web site: First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report. 138. Boundaries Scotland. 5 July 2021. May 2010.

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