Created 1983 Member of parliament George Kerevan | European Parliament constituency Scotland Party Scottish National Party | |
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Created from Berwick and East Lothian, Edinburgh East and Midlothian Replaced by Berwick and East Lothian, Edinburgh East, Midlothian | ||
East Lothian is a constituency in Scotland which returned 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.
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History
The constituency was created in 1983. Until the United Kingdom general election, 2015, it had always been represented by a member from the Labour Party (UK). Since then the MP has been George Kerevan of the Scottish National Party.
The East Lothian 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 from 2005.
Boundaries
1983-1997: East Lothian District.
1997-2005: The East Lothian District electoral divisions of Fa'side, Haddington, Luffness, Preston/Levenhall, and Tantallon.
2005-present: The area of the East Lothian Council.
The constituency covers the whole of the East Lothian council area in Scotland. The East Lothian town of Musselburgh was added to the seat from Edinburgh East and Musselburgh in 2005. Before the 1983 general election, the area lay in the Berwick and East Lothian constituency.