Edinburgh and Lothians East
| Edinburgh and Lothians East | |
|---|---|
| electoral region for the Scottish Parliament | |
 Edinburgh and Lothians East shown within Scotland | |
| Council areas | City of Edinburgh East Lothian Midlothian (part) |
| Electorate | 543,001 (2022)[1] |
| Current electoral region | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Constituencies | East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith Edinburgh North Western Edinburgh Northern Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh South Western Midlothian North |
| Created from | Lothian, South Scotland |
Edinburgh and Lothians East is an electoral region of the Scottish Parliament. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[1] The seat was first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
The region was created by the Second Periodic Review of constituency and regional boundaries, the results of which were formally approved in October 2025.[2]
Boundaries
[edit]The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian council areas, and parts of the Midlothian council area.[3] It is based on the city of Edinburgh, and covers much of the former Lothian region. Compared to the former Lothian region, Edinburgh and Lothians East excludes West Lothian, which is now in the Central Scotland and Lothians West region, but includes East Lothian, which was formerly in South Scotland.[4][5]
Constituencies
[edit]The region contains nine constituencies:[1]
| Region | Constituencies from 2026 | |
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Members of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Constituency MSPs
[edit]Regional list MSPs
[edit]N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Parliament | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | MSP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th (2026–) |
Kate Nevens (Green) |
Q Manivannan (Green) |
Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill (Green) |
Irshad Ahmed (Labour) |
Katherine Sangster (Labour) |
Angela Ross (Reform) |
Miles Briggs (Conservative) | |||||||
Election results
[edit]2026 Scottish Parliament election
[edit]Constituency results
[edit]| 2026 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh and Lothians East | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Elected member | Result | |
| East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs | Paul McLennan | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent | Kate Campbell | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh Central | Lorna Slater | Green gain from SNP | |
| Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith | Ben Macpherson | SNP hold | |
| Edinburgh North Western | Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrats hold | |
| Edinburgh Northern | Sanne Dijkstra-Downie | Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | |
| Edinburgh Southern | Daniel Johnson | Labour hold | |
| Edinburgh South Western | Simita Kumar | SNP hold | |
| Midlothian North | Colin Beattie | SNP hold | |
Additional member results
[edit]| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Tommy Sheppard, Deidre Brock, Simita Kumar, Angus Robertson, Paul McLennan, Colin Beattie, Lyn Jardine | 69,655 | 21.8 |  12.2 | |
| Green | Lorna Slater, Kate Nevens, Q Manivannan, Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, Chas Booth, Adam Al-Khateb, Jo Phillips, Mridul Machindra Wadhwa, Dan Heap, Astri JS Kvassnes, Alex Staniforth, Mariusz Artur Cebulski | 67,877 | 21.2 |  7.9 | |
| Labour | Irshad Ahmed, Katherine Sangster, Daniel Johnson, Catriona Munro, Martin Whitfield, Caitlin Stott, James Dalgleish, Eleanor Ryan-Saha, Oliver Thomas | 58,696 | 18.4 | 1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, Jane Patricia Alliston Pickard, Charles Christopher Dundas, Lewis James Younie, Jenny Claire Marr Butler, Liss Owen, Alan Grant | 42,937 | 13.4 | 5.7 | |
| Reform | Angela Ross, Pal Chidambaram, Nigel Douglas, David Lees, Charles Turner, Andrew McLaughlin, Gary Neill, David Thomson, Cameron Rose | 33,341 | 10.4 | 10.2 | |
| Conservative | Miles Briggs, Sue Webber, Marie-Clair Munro, Christopher Cowdy, Jo Mowat, Tim Jones, Rachel Cairns, Haris Young | 29,223 | 9.1 | 11.4 | |
| Independent Green Voice | Megan Burns | 2,357 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Independent | Jeremy Balfour | 2,261 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Animal Welfare | Mark Scott, Lee Christopher Williscroft-Ferris, Vivienne Margaret Moir, Jane Catherine Smith | 2,032 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Independent | Ash Regan | 1,904 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Scottish Family | Philip Holden, Niel Deepnarain, Mairi Lucas, Helen MacEachen, Peter James Cox | 1,684 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| AtLS | Craig Murray, Joe Smith, Hugh Kerr, James Daly, Anna Caro | 1,508 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Colin Fox, Natalie Reid, Ally Maxwell | 1,099 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Edinburgh & East Lothian People | Marc Richard Wilkinson, David Henry Alan Sisson | 1,073 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| ISP | John Hannah | 871 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Communist | Chris Cullen | 672 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Workers Party | David Henry, Abu Meron | 647 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Independent | Bonnie Prince Bob | 632 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Tam Laird, Gary Finlayson Smith | 341 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Advance UK | Sean Moffat | 301 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Equality | David Renton, Laura Mackintosh, Caitlin Dykes-Johnson | 276 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | Morgwn Carter Davies | 197 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. April 2025. p. 28. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
- ↑ "New Scottish Parliament constituency and region boundaries agreed" (PDF). boundaries.scot. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
- ↑ "What would Scotland's new electoral map look like?". BBC News. 2025-05-01. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ↑ "Boundary Maps". Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ Edinburgh and Lothians East, BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2026
- ↑ "Statement of Persons and Parties Nominated and Notice of Poll". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 3 April 2026.