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Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Summary

Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Field	Value
name	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
type	burgh
constituency_link	Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
parl_name	Scottish Parliament
image	[[File:Edinburgh East and Musselburgh ScottishParliamentConstituency.PNG	200px]]
image2	[[File:Lothians 1999 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg	200px]]
caption2	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh shown within the Lothians electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
year	1999
abolished	2011
next	Edinburgh Eastern,
Midlothian North and Musselburgh
party_label	Party
member_label	MSP
local_council_label	Council area
local_council	City of Edinburgh

Midlothian North and Musselburgh Edinburgh East and Musselburgh was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The successor constituencies were Edinburgh Eastern, and Midlothian North and Musselburgh.

Electoral region

:*See also *Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region were: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow, Livingston and Midlothian.

The region covered 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.

Constituency boundaries

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.

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh was abolished for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. Musselburgh was made part of a newly shaped Midlothian North and Musselburgh, whilst eastern Edinburgh was brought together into a newly named Edinburgh Eastern.

Council areas

The Holyrood constituency covered 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 was 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 were all entirely within the city area. Edinburgh East and Musselburgh had boundaries with the Edinburgh South constituency, the Edinburgh Central constituency and the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.

The rest of the East Lothian area was covered by the East Lothian constituency, which was in the South of Scotland electoral region.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Kenny MacAskill of the SNP, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, had represented the seat since the 2007 election. He was previously an MSP for the Lothians regional list from 1999 to 2007.

Election	Member	Party
Scottish Labour Party}}"		1999	Susan Deacon
Scottish National Party}}"		2007	Kenny MacAskill
	2011	constituency abolished: replaced by Edinburgh Eastern

Election results

Footnotes

References

See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''] {{webarchive. link. (September 21, 2007)

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