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.
Boundaries
1950 to 1955
The constituency was first defined by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949, and first used in 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 the county of Peebles.
As a result of the Fourth Periodical Review, Edinburgh Leith was abolished, and Edinburgh North and Leith was created for the 1997 general election.
Members of Parliament
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|| 1950 || James Hoy || Labour
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|| 1970 || Ronald King Murray || Labour
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|| 1979 ||rowspan=2| Ron Brown || Labour
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|1991
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|| 1992 || Malcolm Chisholm || Labour
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|1997
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished
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Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
See also
- Politics of Edinburgh