Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Midlothian (Scottish Parliament constituency).

For the historic constituency of the same name, see Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency) (1708–1918).

Midlothian
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Midlothian in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	Midlothian
Current constituency
Created	1955 (1955)
Member of Parliament	David Hamilton (Labour)
Created from	Midlothian and Peeblesshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

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, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the whole of the Midlothian council area. Until recently, it covered a slightly smaller area, but in 2005 Penicuik was moved into the constituency from Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale ^[1].

It has covered a much larger area in the past, once covering the whole of the traditional county of Midlothian, apart from Edinburgh.

Members of Parliament

Elected		Member [2]	Party
	1955	David Johnstone Pryde	Labour
	1959	James Hill	Labour
	1966	Alex Eadie	Labour
	1992	Eric Clarke	Labour
	2001	David Hamilton	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2010 general election: Midlothian[3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hamilton	18,449	47.0	+1.5
	SNP	Colin Beattie	8,100	20.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ross Laird	6,711	17.1	-9.1
	Conservative	James Callander	4,661	11.9	+2.5
	Scottish Green	Ian Baxter	595	1.5	-
	UKIP	Gordon Norrie	364	0.9	-
	Independent	George McCleery	196	0.5	-
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Willie Duncan	166	0.4	-
Majority			10,349	26.4
Turnout			39,242	63.9	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Midlothian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hamilton	17,153	45.5	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	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 Gilfillan	726	1.9	-1.2
Majority			7265	19.3
Turnout			37,704	62.2	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.0

General Election 2001: Midlothian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hamilton	15,145	52.7	-0.8
	SNP	Ian Goldie	6,131	21.3	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jacquie Bell	3,686	12.8	+3.7
	Conservative	Robin Traquair	2,748	9.6	-1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Robert Goupillot	837	2.9	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	John Holden	177	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,014	31.4
Turnout			28,724	59.1	-15.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Midlothian[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Clarke	18,861	53.5	+9.6
	SNP	Laurence Millar	8,991	25.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Anne Harper	3,842	10.9	-9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Pinnock	3,235	9.2	-3.9
	Referendum Party	K. Docking	320	0.9	N/A
Majority			9,870
Turnout				74.1	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Midlothian[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Clarke	20,588	43.9
	SNP	Andrew Lumsden	10,254	21.9
	Conservative	Jeff Stoddart	9,443	20.1
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Sewell	6,164	13.1
	Scottish Green	Iain Morrice	476	1.0
Majority			10,334
Turnout				77.9
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 2005 (SI 2005/250). The Schedule provides that the Midlothian constituency is composed of the area of the Midlothian Council
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
3. ^ Midlothian candidates
4. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/844.stm
5. ^ ^{a b} "Aristotle: Midlothian", Guardian Unlimited

Coordinates: 55°49′18″N 3°06′28″W / 55.82167°N 3.10778°W / 55.82167; -3.10778