Lothian East ˈ l oʊ d i e n Scots Lowden East Scottish Gaelic Lodainn an Ear is a constituency in Scotland which returns one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom elected by the first past the post voting system Lothian EastCounty constituency for the House of CommonsBoundaries since 2024Location of Lothian East within ScotlandMajor settlementsDunbar Longniddry North Berwick Prestonpans Tranent HaddingtonCurrent constituencyCreated1983 as East Lothian Member of ParliamentDouglas Alexander Labour Created fromBerwick and East Lothian Edinburgh East and Midlothian The constituency was formerly known as East Lothian It was renamed as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies It is first being contested under the new name at the 2024 general election Constituency profileThe seat covers small towns to the east of Edinburgh including Haddington and Dunbar which have good commuting links to the capital city and a more rural area extending south into the Lammermuir Hills Residents health and wealth are around average for the UK HistoryEast Lothian from 2005 24 The constituency was created for the 1983 general election Until the SNP landslide victory in 2015 the seat had been continuously represented by MPs from the Labour Party since the constituency s creation 32 years earlier The East Lothian Constituency Labour Party voted on 22 January 2010 to deselect the previous MP Anne Moffat The National Executive Committee upheld the decision on 23 March 2010 Fiona O Donnell was elected in 2010 with an increased majority for Labour compared to 2005 O Donnell lost her seat to George Kerevan of the SNP at the 2015 general election who was elected with a majority of 6 803 votes From 2015 until the snap general election in 2017 the constituency was represented by George Kerevan of the Scottish National Party who was defeated by Martin Whitfield of the Labour Party by 3 083 votes Two years later at the 2019 general election Whitfield was defeated by former Scottish National Party MSP and Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill On 26 March 2021 MacAskill defected from the SNP to the Alba Party At the 2014 Scottish independence referendum a majority of voters nationwide opted for Scotland to remain a part of the United Kingdom with 61 72 of the electorate of East Lothian voting for staying in the United Kingdom and 38 28 voting for independence BoundariesEast Lothian 1983 1997 East Lothian District 1997 2005 The East Lothian District electoral divisions of Fa side Haddington Luffness Preston Levenhall and Tantallon 2005 2024 East Lothian Council area Lothian East 2024 present East Lothian Council area except for most of the Musselburgh ward Before the 1983 general election the area lay in the Berwick and East Lothian constituency Members of ParliamentElection Party Member1983 Labour John Home Robertson2001 Anne Moffat2010 Fiona O Donnell2015 SNP George Kerevan2017 Labour Martin Whitfield2019 SNP Kenny MacAskill2021 Alba2024 Labour Douglas AlexanderElectionsElections in the 2020s General election 2024 Lothian East Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Douglas Alexander 23 555 49 2 18 7SNP Lyn Jardine 10 290 21 5 13 3Conservative Scott Hamilton 5 335 11 1 16 4Reform UK Robert Davies 3 039 6 3 NewLiberal Democrats Duncan Dunlop 2 649 5 5 0 8Scottish Green Shona McIntosh 2 477 5 2 NewAlba George Kerevan 557 1 2 NewMajority 13 265 27 7TurnoutLabour gain from SNP Swing 16 0Elections in the 2010s General election 2019 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes SNP Kenny MacAskill 21 156 36 2 5 6Labour Martin Whitfield 17 270 29 5 6 6Conservative Craig Hoy 15 523 26 5 3 1Liberal Democrats Robert O Riordan 4 071 7 0 3 9UKIP David Sisson 493 0 8 NewMajority 3 886 6 7 N ATurnout 58 513 71 7 1 1SNP gain from Labour Swing 6 1General election 2017 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes Labour Martin Whitfield 20 158 36 1 5 1SNP George Kerevan 17 075 30 6 11 9Conservative Sheila Low 16 540 29 6 10 1Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Wilson 1 738 3 1 0 5Independent Mike Allan 367 0 7 0 4Majority 3 083 5 5 N ATurnout 55 878 70 6 3 6Labour gain from SNP Swing 8 6General election 2015 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes SNP George Kerevan 25 104 42 5 26 5Labour Fiona O Donnell 18 301 31 0 13 6Conservative David Roach 11 511 19 5 0 2Liberal Democrats Ettie Spencer 1 517 2 6 14 3Scottish Green Jason Rose 1 245 2 1 0 3UKIP Oluf Marshall 1 178 2 0 0 9Independent Mike Allan 158 0 3 NewMajority 6 803 11 5 N ATurnout 59 014 74 2 7 3SNP gain from Labour Swing 20 1General election 2010 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes Labour Fiona O Donnell 21 919 44 6 3 1Conservative Michael Veitch 9 661 19 7 3 7Liberal Democrats Stuart Ritchie 8 288 16 9 7 9SNP Andrew Sharp 7 883 16 0 2 9Scottish Green James Mackenzie 862 1 8 0 7UKIP Jonathan Lloyd 548 1 1 0 4Majority 12 258 24 9 8 2Turnout 49 161 66 9 2 4Labour hold Swing 0 3Elections in the 2000s General election 2005 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes Labour Anne Moffat 18 983 41 5 7 4Liberal Democrats Chris Butler 11 363 24 8 7 6Conservative William Stevenson 7 315 16 0 0 0SNP Paul McLennan 5 995 13 1 1 8Scottish Green Michael Collie 1 132 2 5 NewScottish Socialist Gary Galbraith 504 1 1 0 6UKIP Eric Robb 306 0 7 NewChristian Vote William Thompson 178 0 4 NewMajority 7 620 16 7 12 9Turnout 45 776 64 5 3 6Labour hold Swing 7 5General election 2001 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes Labour Anne Picking 17 407 47 2 5 5Conservative Hamish Mair 6 577 17 8 2 1Liberal Democrats Judith Hayman 6 506 17 6 7 1SNP Hilary Brown 5 381 14 6 1 1Scottish Socialist Derrick White 624 1 7 NewSocialist Labour James Herriot 376 1 0 NewMajority 10 830 29 4 3 4Turnout 36 871 62 5 13 1Labour hold SwingElections in the 1990s General election 1997 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes Labour John Home Robertson 22 881 52 7 6 2Conservative Murdo Fraser 8 660 19 9 8 3SNP David R McCarthy 6 825 15 7 1 5Liberal Democrats Alison MacAskill 4 575 10 5 0 7Referendum Norman S Nash 491 1 1 NewMajority 14 221 32 8 14 5Turnout 43 432 75 6 6 8Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1992 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes Labour John Home Robertson 25 537 46 5 1 5Conservative James P Hepburne Scott 15 501 28 2 0 1SNP George R Thomson 7 776 14 2 6 9Liberal Democrats Tim McKay 6 126 11 2 4 3Majority 10 036 18 3 1 4Turnout 54 940 82 4 3 7Labour hold Swing 0 7Elections in the 1980s General election 1987 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes Labour John Home Robertson 24 583 48 0 4 1Conservative Stanley Langdon 14 378 28 3 2 5Liberal Andrew Robinson 7 929 15 5 5 4SNP Alexander Burgon Lyon 3 727 7 3 2 9Green Angus Marland 451 0 9 NewMajority 10 105 19 7 6 6Turnout 51 068 78 7 2 3Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1983 East Lothian Party Candidate Votes Labour John Home Robertson 20 934 43 9 7 4Conservative Michael Fry 14 693 30 8 0 9Liberal Michael Kibby 9 950 20 9 12 4SNP Roger Knox 2 083 4 4 4 1Majority 6 241 13 1 N ATurnout 47 660 76 4 N ALabour win new seat References East Lothian June 1983 up to May 1997 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Retrieved 11 March 2016 Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report Seat Details East Lothian www electoralcalculus co uk Retrieved 4 June 2024 Moffat faces deselection after police called to club rebellion Edinburgh Evening News 25 January 2010 Retrieved 30 January 2010 Carrell Severin 23 March 2010 Labour party upholds decision to deselect East Lothian MP Anne Moffat The Guardian London Retrieved 23 March 2010 Scottish independence referendum Results BBC News BBC News Retrieved 7 July 2021 UK Parliamentary election 7 June 2024 Public notices UK Parliamentary election East Lothian Council www eastlothian gov uk Retrieved 23 June 2024 East Lothian Council East Lothian Council Archived from the original on 15 November 2019 Retrieved 15 November 2019 East Lothian parliamentary constituency Election 2019 BBC News Retrieved 16 December 2019 Latest candidate announced for General Election East Lothian Courier Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 17 October 2015 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Jones Matt UK Parliamentary General Election www eastlothian gov uk Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 26 July 2013 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Election 2010 Constituency East Lothian BBC News from the original on 4 October 2022 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2015 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2015 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2015 Aristotle East Lothian Guardian Unlimited Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2015 Election 1992 Politics Resources 9 April 1992 Archived from the original on 24 July 2011 Retrieved 6 December 2010 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2015 Election 1992 Politics Resources 9 April 1992 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