Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh North and Leith
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Scotland
Subdivisions of ScotlandCity of Edinburgh
Major settlementsEdinburgh (part), Leith
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentTracy Gilbert (Labour)
Created fromEdinburgh Leith

Edinburgh North and Leith is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), first used in the 1997 general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

In 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the same name and boundaries. See Edinburgh North and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency). The boundaries of the Westminster constituency were altered, however, in 2005, and the Scottish Parliament constituency retained the older boundaries until 2011. Since then, the seat has mainly been split between the Edinburgh Northern and Leith and Edinburgh Central constituencies at Holyrood, with a small area also located in Edinburgh Western.

At the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the constituency returned an above average No vote; 60% voted for Scotland to stay in the United Kingdom, while 40% voted Yes to independence.[1] At the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union, the constituency voted to Remain by 78.2%. This constituency was the seventh-highest supporter of a Remain vote.[2]

  1. ^ "Scottish Independence Referendum 2014 results". Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Revised estimates of leave vote in Westminster constituencies". Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

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