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
South Of Scotland 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.
The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are
Ayr ,
Carrick, Cumnock And Doon Valley ,
Clydesdale ,
Cunninghame South ,
Dumfries ,
Galloway And Upper Nithsdale ,
Roxburgh And Berwickshire and
Tweeddale, Ettrick And Lauderdale .
The region covers the
Dumfries And Galloway Council Area , the
Scottish Borders Council Area , the
South Ayrshire Council Area , part of the
East Ayrshire Council Area , part of the
East Lothian Council Area , part of the
Midlothian Council Area , part of the
North Ayrshire Council Area and part of the
South Lanarkshire Council Area .
The East Lothian 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 constituenciesSee
''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland ''.
The Holyrood constituency covers most of the
East Lothian Council Area . A western (
Musselburgh ) portion of the
Council Area is covered by the
Edinburgh East And Musselburgh constituency, which also covers an eastern portion of the
City Of Edinburgh Council Area .
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is within the
Lothians electoral region.
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Scottish Labour Party
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Iain Gray
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12,219
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354
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-118
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Scottish National Party
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Andrew Sharp
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9,771
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284
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+128
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Judy Hayman
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6,249
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181
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+15
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Bill Stevenson
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6,232
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181
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+17
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Scottish Labour Party
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John Home Robertson
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13,683
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4385
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−729
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Judy Hayman
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5,508
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1765
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+ 662
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Scottish National Party
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Andrew Wood
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3,931
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1224
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-76
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Scottish Conservative Party
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Stuart Thomson
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5,459
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1749
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+ 168
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Scottish National Party
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Tom Roberts
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5,174
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1658
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−544
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Hugh Kerr
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1,380
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442
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+ 442
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Scottish Labour Party
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John Home Robertson
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19,220
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5114
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n/a
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Scottish National Party
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Calum Millar
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8,274
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2202
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n/a
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Scottish Conservative Party
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Christine Richards
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5,941
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1581
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n/a
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Judy Hayman
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4,147
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1103
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n/a
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