Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Midlothian North 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 Lothian 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.
Midlothian North and Musselburgh | |
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county constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Midlothian North and Musselburgh shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Colin Beattie |
Council area | Midlothian East Lothian |
Created from | East Lothian, Edinburgh East & Musselburgh, Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale, Midlothian |
Before the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Midlothian was abolished, with the creation of two new constituencies called Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western and Linlithgow.
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
Midlothian is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, the latter is part of the South Scotland region.
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly formed constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh is formed from the following electoral wards;
- In Musselburgh Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Midlothian East
- In part: Midlothian West (shared with Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party |
Election results
2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Colin Beattie | 16,948 | 48.9 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Bernard Harkins | 9,913 | 28.6 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Balfour | 6,267 | 18.1 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacquie Bell | 1,557 | 4.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 7,035 | 20.3 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,285 | 54.7 | +3.7 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Colin Beattie | 14,079 | 47.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Bernard Harkins | 11,083 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Scott Douglas | 2,541 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Younger | 1,254 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Alan Hay | 861 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,996 | 10.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,818 | 51.0 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) |