East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament which elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election.[2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it is also one of nine constituencies in the Edinburgh and Lothians East electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[3]
| East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs | |
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| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs shown within the Edinburgh and Lothians East electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | Edinburgh and Lothians East |
| Electorate | 59,781 (2026)[1] |
| Major settlements | Haddington, North Berwick |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Paul McLennan |
| Council area | East Lothian |
| Created from | East Lothian |
The seat was created for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election by the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries.[4] It covers most of the former East Lothian seat, which had grown too large compared to other seats and therefore required to be redrawn.[5] Its name refers to the coast of East Lothian and the Lammermuir Hills.
The seat has been held by Paul McLennan of the Scottish National Party since the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. McLennan had previously been the member for the East Lothian constituency.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Edinburgh and Lothians East region are Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent, Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith, Edinburgh North Western, Edinburgh Northern, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh South Western and Midlothian North.[3] The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian council areas, and parts of the Midlothian council area.[6]
Constituency boundaries and council area
East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs lies entirely within the East Lothian council area. The remainder of East Lothian forms part of the Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent, which also includes parts of Edinburgh.[2] The following East Lothian Council electoral wards were used to define the seat during the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries:[2]
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | |
Election results
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | List | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Paul McLennan[b] | 11,677 | 32.7 |  6.7 |
7,520 | 21.0 | 12.8 | |
| Labour | Martin Whitfield[c] | 11,259 | 31.6 | 4.1 |
8,000 | 22.4 | 2.0 | |
| Conservative | Miles Briggs[c] | 4,719 | 13.2 | 8.0 |
5,489 | 15.4 | 10.5 | |
| Reform | Nigel Douglas | 4,611 | 12.9 | New | 4,702 | 13.2 |  13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim McKay | 2,802 | 7.9 | 4.2 |
2,805 | 7.8 | 4.3 | |
| Independent | Morgwn Davies | 597 | 1.7 | New | 160 | 0.4 | ||
| Green | 5,409 | 15.1 | 6.8 | |||||
| Animal Welfare | 302 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Independent Green Voice | 227 | 0.6 |  0.0 | |||||
| Edinburgh & East Lothian People | 199 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Independent | Ash Regan[d] | 155 | 0.4 | |||||
| Scottish Family | 149 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |||||
| AtLS | 148 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Independent | Jeremy Balfour[e] | 103 | 0.3 | |||||
| ISP | 89 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Scottish Socialist | 78 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Independent | Bonnie Prince Bob | 59 | 0.2 | |||||
| Communist | 47 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Advance UK | 36 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Workers Party | 32 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 29 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||
| Equality | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Majority | 418 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
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| Valid votes | 35,665 | 35,752 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 641 | 63 | ||||||
| Turnout | 36,306 | 59.9 | 9.2 |
35,815 | 59.1 | |||
| SNP win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Notes
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