18-622: Edinburgh Leith was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election . There was also an earlier Leith constituency, 1918 to 1950, and a yet earlier Leith Burghs constituency, 1832 to 1918. The constituency was first defined by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 , and first used in
36-467: A constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain . In the Parliament of the United Kingdom , from 1801 onwards, this district system continued until it was gradually abolished during the first half of the 20th century. Modern burgh constituencies are much like county constituencies in the way that their boundaries are drawn, but election candidates are allowed lower expenses, as they do not need to travel as much. For British House of Commons elections,
54-705: A result of the Second Periodical Review, for the February 1974 election. Edinburgh Leith was not affected by the 1964 changes. For the February 1974 election, the constituency was designed to cover the Central Leith, South Leith, and West Leith wards and part of the Pilton ward of city. The results of the Third Periodical Review, which took account of the abolition of Scottish counties and burghs in 1975 and
72-424: 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
90-501: Is maintained in both sets of constituencies. For Scottish Parliament elections, the allowance is £5,761 and 4.8p per elector. The following constituencies are designated as burgh constituencies in the Scottish Parliament: This article related to the politics of Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency) Edinburgh North and Leith
108-467: The 1950 general election , as one of seven constituencies covering the city of Edinburgh and the Midlothian burgh of Musselburgh . The other six constituencies were Edinburgh Central , Edinburgh East , Edinburgh North , Edinburgh Pentlands , Edinburgh South , and Edinburgh West , and the rest of the county of Midlothian was covered by the Midlothian and Peebles constituency, which also covered
126-402: The 1955 general election , and Edinburgh Leith was again one of seven constituencies covering the city of Edinburgh and the burgh of Musselburgh, all named as during the 1950 to 1955 period. The rest of the county of Midlothian was now covered, however, by the new Midlothian constituency. The Edinburgh Leith constituency again covered wards named Central Leith, South Leith, and West Leith, but
144-629: The City of Edinburgh in 1920. It has the highest proportion of residents living in tenements and flats of any parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, and a relatively high proportion of university graduates. It includes a mix of leafy, expensive residential areas in the South and West of the constituency and densely populated areas nearer to Leith with more young professionals and students, as well as older residents whose families have lived there during several previous generations. It also includes Calton Hill ,
162-496: The United Kingdom, while 40% voted Yes to independence. 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. The constituency is urbanised, affluent and left-leaning, and covers several northern communities of the city, as well as most of the former burgh of Leith , which controversially amalgamated with
180-709: 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
198-551: The allowance is £7,150 and 5p per elector. For by-elections , the allowance is always £100,000. House of Commons constituencies were formerly used for elections to the Scottish Parliament , created in 1999, but they have been de-linked since 2005, by reducing the number of Commons constituencies in Scotland without a corresponding change in the Scottish Parliament. The historic distinction between county and burgh constituencies
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#1732859478143216-568: The county of Peebles . The Edinburgh Leith constituency was entirely within the city, and covered the Central Leith, South Leith, and West Leith wards. Therefore, the area of the constituency was similar to that of the former burgh of Leith , as merged into the city in 1920. 1950 boundaries were used also for the 1951 general election . The results of the First Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission were implemented for
234-568: The creation of two-tier regions and districts and unitary islands council areas under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 , were implemented for the 1983 general election , and 1983 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1987 and 1992 . Between 1983 and 1997 the electoral wards used to create Edinburgh Leith were 12–14, 17, and 18, and part of 23 As a result of the Fourth Periodical Review, Edinburgh Leith
252-401: The overall boundary of the constituency was different. For the county of Midlothian, inclusive of the city of Edinburgh, the general pattern established by the First Periodical Review was maintained for the general elections of 1959 , 1964 , 1966 , 1970 , February 1974 , October 1974 and 1979 . There were boundary adjustments, however, which became effective for the 1964 election and, as
270-803: The shops and offices on the northern side of Princes Street , Bute House , the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland , St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral , the Edinburgh Playhouse , the Edinburgh Waterfront , the stretch of the Water of Leith from Dean Village to Leith Harbour, the Royal Botanical Gardens , the Western General Hospital and the notable private schools . When created in 1997, Edinburgh North and Leith
288-563: Was abolished, and Edinburgh North and Leith was created for the 1997 general election . Burgh constituency A burgh constituency is a type of parliamentary constituency in Scotland . It is a constituency which is predominantly urban , and on this basis has been designated as a burgh constituency. They are the successors of the historic parliamentary burghs of the Parliament of Scotland . In 1708 parliamentary burghs were allocated to districts of burghs , each district serving as
306-617: Was largely a replacement for the Edinburgh Leith constituency, and was one of six constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh council area . One of those six, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh straddled the boundary with the East Lothian council area to take in Musselburgh . Constituency boundaries in Scotland were revised for the 2005 election . The number of constituencies within the city
324-630: Was reduced from six to five, each now entirely within the city area, and Musselburgh was reunited with the remainder of East Lothian . A new Edinburgh North and Leith constituency was created, including the whole of the former one, but also taking in the Dean ward from Edinburgh Central and Craigleith ward from Edinburgh West . 1997-2005 : The City of Edinburgh wards of Broughton , Calton , Granton , Harbour , Lorne , New Town , Newhaven , Pilton , Stockbridge and Trinity . 2005-2010 : As above plus Dean and Craigleith wards. 2010-2024 : Parts of
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