Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Midlothian North and Musselburgh
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Midlothian North and Musselburgh shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Colin Beattie
Council area	Midlothian East Lothian
Created from	East Lothian, Edinburgh East & Musselburgh, Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale, Midlothian

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

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Lothian region are Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western and Linlithgow.

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

Midlothian is represented by two constituencies in the Scottish Parliament, these are Midlothian North and Musselburgh and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, the latter is part of the South Scotland region.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the newly formed constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh is formed from the following electoral wards;

In full: Musselburgh West, Musselburgh East and Carberry, Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Midlothian East
In part: Midlothian West (shared with Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Midlothian

	Member	Party
1999	Rhona Brankin	Scottish Labour Party
2003
2007

As Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Colin Beattie	Scottish National Party
	2016	Colin Beattie	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Colin Beattie	16,948	48.9	+1.7
	Labour	Bernard Harkins	9,913	28.6	-8.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Balfour	6,267	18.1	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jacquie Bell^[1]	1,557	4.5	+0.3
Majority			7,035	20.3	+10.3
Turnout			34,285	54.7	+3.7
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
Majority			2,996	10
Turnout			29,818	51
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	7.6

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	11,670	40.5
	SNP	10,177	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	3,969	13.8
	Conservative	2,611	9.1
	Others	401	1.4
Majority		1,493	5.2
	Labour hold	Swing

Footnotes

↑ http://www.midlothianview.com/news/jacquie-bell-selected-as-lib-dem-candidate/

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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