Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Midlothian North and Musselburgh shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	2011
Council area	Midlothian (part) East Lothian (part)
Party	Scottish National Party

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 Lothians 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.

Before the Scottish Parliament election 2011, Midlothian has been abolished, with the creation of two new constituencies called Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

Electoral region

See also: Lothians Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothians region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh West, Linlithgow and Livingston.

The region covers 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 and council area

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the newly formed constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh will be formed from the following electoral wards;

• In full: Musselburgh West, Musselburgh East and Carberry, Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Midlothian East
• In part: Midlothian West

Midlothian West is divided between this seat and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

2011 Scottish Parliament Election Result:

                                                 %

SNP Colin Beattie 14,079 47.2 +11.9 Labour Bernard Harkins 11,083 37.2 -3.3 Conservative Scott Douglas 2,541 8.5 -0.5 Liberal Democrats Ian Younger 1,254 4.2 -9.6 Independent Alan Hay 861 2.9 +2.9

SNP GAIN from Labour Swing 7.6% from Labour to SNP

   Turnout  29,818   51%                 Majority  2,996   10%

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