Midlothian | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2005 | |
![]() Location of Midlothian within Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Midlothian |
Major settlements | Dalkeith, Gorebridge, Newtongrange, Penicuik, Bonnyrigg |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Member of Parliament | Kirsty McNeill (Labour) |
Created from | Midlothian and Peeblesshire |
Midlothian in Scotland is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
It replaced Midlothian and Peeblesshire at the 1955 general election. A similar constituency, also called Midlothian, was used by the Scottish Parliament until 2011.
1955–1974: The county of Midlothian, including all the burghs situated therein, except the county of the city of Edinburgh and the burgh of Musselburgh.
1974–1983: As above.
1983–1997: Midlothian District.
1997–2005: The Midlothian District electoral wards of Bonnyrigg/Newtongrange, Dalkeith, Loanhead, and Mayfield/Gorebridge.
2005–present: The area of the Midlothian Council.
When first formed, the constituency covered the whole of the traditional county of Midlothian, apart from Edinburgh, split into multiple separate constituencies, and Musselburgh, which was included in Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency).
In the 1983 reforms the constituency was significantly reduced from over 100,000 voters to 61,143, with large numbers of voters moved to the new seat of Livingston, and smaller numbers to Edinburgh Pentlands, East Lothian and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale. [1]
The 1997 reforms moved Penicuik into Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, with the rest of the council area remaining in the seat; [2] it returned in 2005, when the constituency was expanded again to cover the entire Midlothian Council area. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Kirsty McNeill | 21,480 | 48.6 | +18.9 | |
SNP | Owen Thompson | 13,313 | 30.1 | −11.4 | |
Reform UK | Stefan Garbowski | 3,276 | 7.4 | New | |
Conservative | Keith Cockburn | 3,248 | 7.4 | −14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Laird | 2,589 | 5.9 | −1.1 | |
Scottish Libertarian | Daniel Fraser | 259 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,167 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 44,328 | 60.0 | −7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 73,916 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from SNP | Swing | +15.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Owen Thompson | 20,033 | 41.5 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Danielle Rowley | 14,328 | 29.7 | −6.7 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Fraser | 10,467 | 21.7 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Arrundale | 3,393 | 7.0 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 5,705 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,221 | 68.4 | +2.1 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Danielle Rowley | 16,458 | 36.4 | +6.2 | |
SNP | Owen Thompson | 15,573 | 34.4 | −16.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Donnelly [9] | 11,521 | 25.4 | +13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Laird | 1,721 | 3.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 885 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,273 | 66.3 | −4.9 | ||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +11.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Owen Thompson [12] | 24,453 | 50.6 | +30.0 | |
Labour | Kenny Young [13] | 14,594 | 30.2 | −16.8 | |
Conservative | Michelle Ballantyne [12] | 5,760 | 11.9 | 0.0 | |
Scottish Green | Ian Baxter [14] | 1,219 | 2.5 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Gordon Norrie [15] | 1,173 | 2.4 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aisha Mir | 1,132 | 2.3 | −14.8 | |
Majority | 9,859 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,331 | 71.2 | +7.3 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +23.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Hamilton | 18,449 | 47.0 | +1.5 | |
SNP | Colin Beattie | 8,100 | 20.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Laird | 6,711 | 17.1 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | James E. Callander | 4,661 | 11.9 | +2.5 | |
Scottish Green | Ian G. Baxter | 595 | 1.5 | New | |
UKIP | Gordon Norrie | 364 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | George McCleery | 196 | 0.5 | New | |
TUSC | Willie C. Duncan | 166 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,349 | 26.4 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,242 | 63.9 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Hamilton | 17,153 | 45.5 | −5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fred Mackintosh | 9,888 | 26.2 | +8.9 | |
SNP | Colin Beattie | 6,400 | 17.0 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Iain McGill | 3,537 | 9.4 | +0.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Norman V. Gilfillan | 726 | 1.9 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 7,265 | 19.3 | −11.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,704 | 62.2 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Hamilton | 15,145 | 52.7 | −0.8 | |
SNP | Ian Goldie | 6,131 | 21.3 | −4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Bell | 3,686 | 12.8 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Robin Traquair | 2,748 | 9.6 | −1.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Robert Goupillot | 837 | 2.9 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Terence Holden | 177 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 9,014 | 31.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,724 | 59.1 | −15.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Clarke | 18,861 | 53.5 | +9.6 | |
SNP | Lawrence Millar | 8,991 | 25.5 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Anne C. Harper | 3,842 | 10.9 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard F. Pinnock | 3,235 | 9.2 | −3.9 | |
Referendum | Keith K. Docking | 320 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 9,870 | 28.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,249 | 74.1 | −3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Clarke | 20,588 | 43.9 | −4.4 | |
SNP | Andrew Lumsden | 10,254 | 21.9 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Jeff Stoddart | 9,443 | 20.1 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul L. Sewell | 6,164 | 13.1 | −8.9 | |
Scottish Green | Iain D. Morrice | 476 | 1.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 10,334 | 22.0 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,925 | 77.9 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Eadie | 22,553 | 48.3 | +5.6 | |
SDP | Alan Dewar | 10,330 | 22.0 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Frank Riddell | 8,527 | 18.2 | −3.7 | |
SNP | Ian Chisholm | 4,947 | 10.6 | +4.4 | |
Green | Ian Smith | 412 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 12,223 | 26.3 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,291 | 76.9 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Eadie | 19,401 | 42.7 | −9.7 | |
SDP | Alan Dewar | 13,245 | 29.2 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | Duncan Menzies | 9,922 | 21.9 | −3.6 | |
SNP | Marjory Hird | 2,826 | 6.2 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 6,156 | 13.5 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,394 | 75.0 | −3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Eadie | 37,773 | 47.8 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Hugh Wallace Mann | 20,797 | 26.4 | +10.4 | |
SNP | Glen Anthony Frederick Spiers | 13,260 | 16.8 | −18.8 | |
Liberal | Alexander Paton Brodie | 7,129 | 9.0 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 16,936 | 21.4 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 78,959 | 77.8 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Eadie | 28,652 | 41.5 | −3.2 | |
SNP | John Gerard McKinlay | 24,568 | 35.6 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Alistair Ballantyne | 11,046 | 16.0 | −12.4 | |
Liberal | Philip Wheeler | 4,793 | 6.9 | New | |
Majority | 4,084 | 5.9 | −10.4 | ||
Turnout | 69,059 | 77.4 | −4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Eadie | 32,220 | 44.7 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | David Louis Mowat | 20,478 | 28.4 | −3.1 | |
SNP | John Gerard McKinlay | 19,450 | 27.0 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 11,742 | 16.3 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 72,148 | 81.6 | +6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Eadie | 30,802 | 52.9 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | John L.G. Lamotte | 18,328 | 31.5 | +4.5 | |
SNP | George Park | 9,047 | 15.5 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 12,474 | 21.4 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 58,177 | 75.6 | −1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Eadie | 27,608 | 56.6 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | John L.G. Lamotte | 13,192 | 27.0 | −11.7 | |
SNP | Steven Rae | 7,974 | 16.3 | New | |
Majority | 14,416 | 29.6 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,774 | 77.5 | −1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Hill | 29,820 | 61.3 | +1.1 | |
Unionist | Daniel A.P. Buchanan | 18,861 | 38.7 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 10,959 | 22.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,681 | 78.9 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Hill | 28,457 | 60.2 | 0.0 | |
Unionist | William S. How | 18,797 | 39.8 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 9,660 | 20.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,254 | 81.3 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Pryde | 25,994 | 60.2 | N/A | |
Unionist | Anthony Stodart | 12,208 | 39.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,786 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,202 | 78.1 | N/A | ||
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