Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Edinburgh East was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Edinburgh East
Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries from 2005 to 2024
Location of Edinburgh East within Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Edinburgh
Major settlements	Brunstane, Newcraighall, Duddingston, Portobello, Joppa, Craigmillar
2005–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh Edinburgh Central Edinburgh South
1885–1997
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Burgh constituency
Created from	Edinburgh

It existed from 1885 to 1997 and from 2005 to 2024.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was expanded to include the town of Musselburgh. As a consequence, it reverted to the name of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh used from 1997 to 2005.^[1]

Boundaries

Edinburgh East was one of five constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area. All were entirely within the city council area. Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by six constituencies, with Edinburgh East and Musselburgh straddling the boundary with the East Lothian council area.

1885–1918: The municipal wards of Broughton, Calton, and Canongate of the burgh of Edinburgh, and so much of St. Leonard's ward as lies to the north of a line drawn along the centres of East and West Richmond Streets.^[2]

1918–1950: The burgh of Musselburgh and the Canongate and Portobello municipal wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.^[3]

1950–1955: The burgh of Musselburgh and the Craigentinny, Craigmillar and Portobello wards (as constituted by the Local Government (Scotland) (Edinburgh Wards) Order 1948, SI 1948/1138) of the county of the city of Edinburgh.^[4]

1955–1974: The burgh of Musselburgh and the Craigentinny, Portobello and Craigmillar (with the exception of the area added by the Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1954).^[5]

1974–1983: The burgh of Musselburgh and the Craigmillar, Craigentinny and Portobello wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh.^[6]

1983–1997: Electoral divisions 22 (Calton/Lochend), 30 (Willowbrae/Mountcastle), 31 (Portobello/Milton) and 39 (Niddrie/Craigmillar) and ward 30 (Craigentinny) of the City of Edinburgh.^[7]

2005–2024: The City of Edinburgh wards of Tollcross, Southside, Holyrood, Meadowbank, Mountcastle, Leith Links, Restalrig, Portobello, Milton, Prestonfield, Craigmillar, and Duddingston.^[8]

The Edinburgh East constituency, as defined in 2005, consisted of areas formerly within the constituencies of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South.^[9] It was largely a replacement for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh. Scottish Parliament constituencies retained the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.

As implied by the name, Edinburgh East covered an eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area, although it extended well into the city centre. It included the areas of Craigmillar, Duddingston, Holyrood, Leith Links, Meadowbank, Milton, Mountcastle, Portobello, Prestonfield, Restalrig, Southside and Tollcross.

The constituency was predominantly urban.

The constituency of the 1885 to 1997 period was created when the Edinburgh constituency was abolished, in favour of four new constituencies: Edinburgh East, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West. Edinburgh Central was abolished in 2005. The South and West constituencies continue in use, with altered boundaries.

Constituency profile

The seat as it existed from 2005 to 2024 covered the historic Old Town including notable buildings such as Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, the Royal Mile, St Giles' Cathedral and the Scottish Parliament building, as well as Portobello Beach. The constituency also housed the University of Edinburgh and had a significant student population. Towards the south and east it also included some of Edinburgh's more deprived areas such as the Craigmillar housing estate.

On average, residents were slightly wealthier and healthier than the UK average.^[10]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[11]	Party
	1885	George Goschen	Independent Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1886	Robert Wallace	Liberal
	1899 by-election	Sir George McCrae	Liberal
	1909 by-election	Sir James Gibson, Bt	Liberal
	1912 by-election	James Myles Hogge	Liberal
	1924	Thomas Drummond Shiels	Labour
	1931	David Marshall Mason	Liberal
	1935	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	Labour
	1945 by-election	George Reid Thomson	Labour
	1947 by-election	John Wheatley	Labour
	1954 by-election	George Willis	Labour
	1970	Gavin Strang	Labour
1997		Constituency abolished: see Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
	2005	Gavin Strang	Labour
	2010	Sheila Gilmore	Labour
	2015	Tommy Sheppard	SNP
2024		Constituency abolished: see Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Edinburgh East^[12][13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Tommy Sheppard	23,165	48.4	5.9
	Labour	Sheila Gilmore	12,748	26.7	8.0
	Conservative	Eleanor Price	6,549	13.7	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Reilly	3,289	6.9	2.7
	Scottish Green	Claire Miller	2,064	4.3	New
Majority			10,417	21.7	13.9
Turnout			47,815	68.9	2.7
	SNP hold		Swing	7.0

General election 2017: Edinburgh East^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Tommy Sheppard	18,509	42.5	6.7
	Labour	Patsy King	15,084	34.7	4.8
	Conservative	Katie Mackie	8,081	18.6	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Gray	1,849	4.2	1.4
Majority			3,425	7.8	11.5
Turnout			43,622	66.2	3.9
	SNP hold		Swing	5.7

General election 2015: Edinburgh East^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Tommy Sheppard	23,188	49.2	28.8
	Labour	Sheila Gilmore	14,082	29.9	13.5
	Conservative	James McMordie	4,670	9.9	1.0
	Scottish Green	Peter McColl	2,809	6.0	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Utting	1,325	2.8	16.6
	UKIP	Oliver Corbishley[19]	898	1.9	New
	TUSC	Ayesha Saleem[20]	117	0.2	0.5
Majority			9,106	19.3	N/A
Turnout			47,089	70.1	4.7
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	21.1

General election 2010: Edinburgh East^[21][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Gilmore	17,314	43.4	3.4
	SNP	George Kerevan	8,133	20.4	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Hope	7,751	19.4	5.0
	Conservative	Martin Donald	4,358	10.9	0.6
	Scottish Green	Robin Harper	2,035	5.1	0.6
	TUSC	Gary Clark	274	0.7	New
Majority			9,181	23.0	7.4
Turnout			39,865	65.4	4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	0.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Edinburgh East^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Strang	15,899	40.0	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Mackenzie	9,697	24.4	+7.2
	SNP	Stefan Tymkewycz	6,760	17.0	+0.6
	Conservative	Mev Brown	4,093	10.3	−0.8
	Scottish Green	Cara Gillespie	2,266	5.7	New
	Scottish Socialist	Catriona Grant	868	2.2	−1.8
	Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party	Brett Harris	89	0.2	New
	Communist League	Peter Clifford	37	0.1	New
Majority			6,202	15.6	−16.9
Turnout			39,709	61.3	+8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.4

Election in the 1990s

General election 1992: Edinburgh East^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Strang	15,446	45.7	−4.7
	Conservative	Kenneth F. Ward	8,235	24.4	−0.3
	SNP	Debin McKinney	6,225	18.4	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Devin S. Scobie	3,432	10.2	−5.2
	Scottish Green	Graeme W. Farmer	424	1.3	New
Majority			7,211	21.3	−4.6
Turnout			33,762	73.9	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Edinburgh East^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Strang	18,257	50.4	+5.5
	Conservative	John Renz	8,962	24.7	−3.9
	Liberal	Judith Aitken	5,592	15.4	−5.6
	SNP	Mungo Bovey	3,434	9.5	+4.0
Majority			9,295	25.7	+9.4
Turnout			36,245	74.1	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1983: Edinburgh East^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Strang	16,169	44.9	−7.6
	Conservative	Paul Martin	10,303	28.6	−6.3
	Liberal	Roderick Macleod	7,570	21.0	New
	SNP	Paul Henderson Scott	1,976	5.5	−6.5
Majority			5,866	16.3	−3.9
Turnout			36,018	70.4	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Strang	23,477	53.69
	Conservative	G Campbell	14,660	33.52
	SNP	George C MacDougall	5,296	12.11
	Communist	Carol Downes	173	0.40
	Workers Revolutionary	Terry Brotherstone	124	0.28	New
Majority			8,817	20.17
Turnout			43,730	76.10
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Strang	19,669	44.92
	SNP	George C MacDougall	11,213	25.61
	Conservative	M Hogg	10,111	23.09
	Liberal	GN Dalzell	2,578	5.89
	Communist	Irene Swan	213	0.49
Majority			8,456	19.31
Turnout			43,784	76.20
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Strang	20,163	43.66
	Conservative	DJ May	14,614	31.65
	SNP	George C MacDougall	7,128	15.44
	Liberal	John Melling	3,998	8.66	New
	Communist	Irene Swan	274	0.59
Majority			5,549	12.01
Turnout			46,077	81.08
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Strang	22,171	51.87
	Conservative	Neil Gow	16,657	38.97
	SNP	Helen B Davidson	3,502	8.19	New
	Communist	Irene Swan	413	0.97	New
Majority			5,514	12.90
Turnout			42,743	74.42
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Willis	25,423	60.48
	Conservative	Barry Henderson	16,614	39.52
Majority			8,809	20.96	+8.66
Turnout			42,037	77.40	−3.55
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Willis	24,808	56.15
	Conservative	Robert L McEwen	19,376	43.85
Majority			5,432	12.30
Turnout			44,184	80.95
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Willis	22,244	50.35
	Unionist	Earl of Dalkeith	21,932	49.65
Majority			312	0.70	−4.34
Turnout			44,176	80.68	+5.31
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Willis	21,240	52.52
	Unionist	W Ian R Fraser	19,198	47.48
Majority			2,042	5.04
Turnout			40,438	75.37
	Labour hold		Swing

1954 by-election: Edinburgh East^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Willis	18,950	57.7	+3.6
	Unionist	William Grant	13,922	42.4	−3.5
Majority			5,028	15.4	+7.2
Turnout			32,872	61.8	−22.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

General election 1951: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wheatley	25,201	54.08
	Unionist	William Grant	21,400	45.92
Majority			3,801	8.16
Turnout			46,601	83.82	+0.64
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wheatley	24,072	53.22
	Unionist	Charles Donaldson	17,531	38.76
	Liberal	John Hope	3,632	8.03
Majority			6,541	14.46
Turnout			45,235	83.18
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 by-election: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wheatley	16,906	50.5	−5.9
	National Liberal (Conservative)	Duncan M. Matthews	11,490	34.4	−2.9
	Liberal	John Junor	3,379	10.1	New
	SNP	Mary Fraser Dott	1,682	5.0	−1.3
Majority			5,416	16.1	−3.0
Turnout			33,457
	Labour hold		Swing

1945 by-election: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Thomson	15,482	61.6	+5.2
	Unionist	Tam Galbraith	9,665	38.4	+1.1
Majority			5,817	23.2	+4.1
Turnout			25,147
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1945: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	19,300	56.4	+13.2
	Unionist	William Angus Sinclair	12,771	37.3	−2.3
	SNP	Frederick C Yeaman	2,149	6.3	New
Majority			6,529	19.1	+15.5
Turnout			34,220	69.6	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.7

General Election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Labour: Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
• Liberal:
• Unionist:

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	13,341	43.20
	Unionist	Minna Cowan	12,229	39.60
	Liberal	David Marshall Mason	5,313	17.20
Majority			1,112	3.60	N/A
Turnout			30,883	68.63	−8.21
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 1931: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Marshall Mason	17,372	56.98
	Labour	Drummond Shiels	10,244	33.60
	National (Scotland)	Rev Thomas Thomson Alexander	2,872	9.42	New
Majority			7,128	23.38	N/A
Turnout			30,488	76.84
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Drummond Shiels	13,933	47.2	+2.9
	Liberal	Thomas Pringle McDonald	8,687	29.4	+3.4
	Unionist	Richard Cobden Thyne	6,889	23.3	−5.7
Majority			5,246	17.8	+2.5
Turnout			29,509	76.5	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

General election 1924: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Drummond Shiels	9,330	44.3	New
	Unionist	Charles Milne	6,105	29.0	−2.7
	Liberal	James Myles Hogge	5,625	26.7	−41.6
Majority			3,255	15.3	N/A
Turnout			20,190	74.2	+15.7
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Myles Hogge	10,876	68.3	+8.5
	Unionist	Charles John Morris Mancor	5,045	31.7	New
Majority			5,831	36.6	+17.0
Turnout			15,921	58.5	−7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Myles Hogge	10,551	59.8	−2.4
	National Liberal	Sam McDonald	7,088	40.2	N/A
Majority			3,463	19.6	−4.8
Turnout			17,639	66.0	+13.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Myles Hogge	8,460	62.2	+7.2
C	National Democratic	Alexander E Balfour	5,136	37.8	New
Majority			3,324	24.4	+14.4
Turnout			13,596	52.5	−21.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

James Hogge

1912 by-election: Edinburgh East^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Myles Hogge	5,064	55.0	−8.0
	Liberal Unionist	John Gordon Jameson	4,139	45.0	+8.0
Majority			925	10.0	−16.0
Turnout			9,203	73.7	−7.3
Registered electors			12,491
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.0

General election December 1910: Edinburgh East^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Gibson	6,436	63.0	+1.7
	Conservative	R.M. Cameron	3,782	37.0	−1.7
Majority			2,654	26.0	+3.4
Turnout			10,218	81.0	−7.0
Registered electors			12,620
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

General election January 1910: Edinburgh East^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Gibson	6,760	61.3	−11.8
	Liberal Unionist	Patrick Ford	4,273	38.7	+11.8
Majority			2,487	22.6	−23.6
Turnout			11,033	88.0	+9.9
Registered electors			12,544
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.8

Elections in the 1900s

James Gibson

1909 by-election: Edinburgh East^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Gibson	4,527	52.7	−20.4
	Liberal Unionist	Patrick Ford	4,069	47.3	+20.4
Majority			458	5.4	−40.8
Turnout			8,596	73.4	−4.7
Registered electors			11,710
	Liberal hold		Swing	−20.4

General election 1906: Edinburgh East^[30][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George McCrae	6,606	73.1	+14.6
	Liberal Unionist	Rankine Dawson	2,432	26.9	−14.6
Majority			4,174	46.2	+29.2
Turnout			9,038	78.1	+8.9
Registered electors			11,572
	Liberal hold		Swing	+14.6

General election 1900: Edinburgh East^[31][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George McCrae	4,461	58.5	+5.1
	Liberal Unionist	R. Scott-Brown	3,170	41.5	−5.1
Majority			1,291	17.0	+10.2
Turnout			7,631	69.2	−0.2
Registered electors			11,025
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.1

Elections in the 1890s

1899 by-election: Edinburgh East^[31][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George McCrae	4,891	62.3	+8.9
	Liberal Unionist	Harry G. Younger	2,961	37.7	−8.9
Majority			1,930	24.6	+17.8
Turnout			7,852	73.2	+3.8
Registered electors			10,730
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.9

Robert Wallace

General election 1895: Edinburgh East^[31][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Wallace	3,499	53.4	−5.2
	Liberal Unionist	Harry G. Younger	3,050	46.6	+5.2
Majority			449	6.8	−10.4
Turnout			6,549	69.4	−7.3
Registered electors			9,437
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.2

General election 1892: Edinburgh East^[32][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Wallace	3,969	58.6	−3.5
	Liberal Unionist	Ralph Wardlaw McLeod Fullarton	2,809	41.4	+3.5
Majority			1,160	17.2	−7.0
Turnout			6,778	76.7	−1.2
Registered electors			8,840
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.5

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Edinburgh East^[33][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Wallace	3,694	62.1	+31.3
	Liberal Unionist	George Goschen	2,253	37.9	−31.3
Majority			1,441	24.2	N/A
Turnout			5,947	77.9	−4.1
Registered electors			7,639
	Liberal gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	+31.3

General election 1885: Edinburgh East^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	George Goschen	4,337	69.2	N/A
	Liberal	Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe	1,929	30.8	N/A
Majority			2,408	38.4	N/A
Turnout			6,266	82.0	N/A
Registered electors			7,639
	Independent Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Edinburgh

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25. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
26. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
27. By-election in British Politics by Cook & Ramsden
28. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
29. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
30. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
31. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
32. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
33. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

General

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

• Edinburgh East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

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