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Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish constituency, from 2011

Summary

Scottish constituency, from 2011

Field	Value
name	Edinburgh Northern and Leith
type	burgh
constituency_link	Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
parl_name	Scottish Parliament
image	[[File:Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg	200px]]
image2	[[File:Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg	200px]]
caption2	Edinburgh Northern and Leith shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
year	2011
abolished	2026
next	Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith, Edinburgh Northern
previous	Edinburgh North and Leith
party_label	Party
party	SNP
member_label	MSP
member	Ben Macpherson
local_council_label	Council area
local_council	City of Edinburgh
population	93,605 (2019)

Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Gaelic: Dùn Èideann a Tuath agus Lite) 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.

Prior to the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, most of the constituency was part of the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.

The seat has been held by Ben Macpherson of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

As a result of the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, Edinburgh Northern and Leith will be abolished. The areas currently covered by the constituency will form part of the new constituencies of Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith and Edinburgh Northern from the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are: Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, 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.

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 House of Commons constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

Since 2011, "Edinburgh Northern and Leith" has consisted of the electoral wards of:

In full: Leith Walk
In part: Forth, Inverleith, Leith

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Scottish Labour}}"		2011	Malcolm Chisholm
Scottish National Party}}"		2016	Ben Macpherson

Election results

2020s

2010s

title=2011 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh Northern and Leith

Footnotes

References

[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)] {{Webarchive. link. (6 May 2021 , [[National Records of Scotland]]; retrieved 6 May 2021 ([https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/2011-based-special-area-population-estimates/spc-population-estimates accompanying summary notes] {{Webarchive). link. (15 April 2021 ))
(April 2025). "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers". Boundaries Scotland.
"Boundary Maps". Boundaries Scotland.
See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''] {{webarchive. link. (September 21, 2007)
(May 2010). "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report". [[Boundaries Scotland]].
(6 May 2021). "Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency results".
(6 May 2021). "Edinburgh Northern and Leith regional results".
"Constituencies A-Z: Edinburgh Northern & Leith".
"Scotland Election 2016: Edinburgh Northern and Leith". [[BBC News]].
(5 May 2016). "Edinburgh Northern and Leith MSP Constituency Results".
(5 May 2016). "Lothian regional results".
(5 May 2016). "Northern and Leith MSP Constituency Results 2011".
(5 May 2016). "2011 Results of Regional List".
"Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission.

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