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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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 References

Boundaries [edit]

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 [edit]

	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 [edit]

Elections in the 2010s [edit]

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	-
	TUSC	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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

^ 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
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ Midlothian candidates
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/844.stm
^ ^a ^b "Aristotle: Midlothian", Guardian Unlimited

v t e Constituencies in Scotland by Holding Party (59)

Labour (40)	Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie and Shotts Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Dumfries and Galloway Dundee West Dunfermline and West Fife East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Inverclyde Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Lanark and Hamilton East Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Motherwell and Wishaw North Ayrshire and Arran Ochil and South Perthshire Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South Rutherglen and Hamilton West Stirling West Dunbartonshire

Liberal Democrat (11)	Argyll and Bute Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross East Dunbartonshire Edinburgh West Gordon Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey North East Fife Orkney and Shetland Ross, Skye and Lochaber West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Scottish National Party (6)	Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Perth and North Perthshire

Conservative (1)	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Independent (1)	Falkirk

Scotland European constituency: Scottish National Party (2) Labour (2) Conservative (1) Liberal Democrat (1)

v t e Westminster constituencies of Scotland

1708 to 1832 1832 to 1868 1868 to 1885 1885 to 1918 1918 to 1950 1950 to 1955 1955 to 1974 1974 to 1983 1983 to 1997 1997 to 2005

Current constituencies (2005 to present)

Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie & Shotts Angus Argyll & Bute Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Banff & Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline & West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North & Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Kilmarnock & Loudoun Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lanark & Hamilton East Linlithgow & East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell & Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire & Arran North East Fife Ochil & South Perthshire Orkney & Shetland Paisley & Renfrewshire North Paisley & Renfrewshire South Perth & North Perthshire Ross, Skye & Lochaber Rutherglen & Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine West Dunbartonshire

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

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