Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of Edinburgh and East Lothian.[2] It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. 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]
| Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent | |
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| Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent shown within the Edinburgh and Lothians East electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | Edinburgh and Lothians East |
| Electorate | 60,707 (2026)[1] |
| Major settlements | Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Tranent |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Kate Campbell |
| Council area | City of Edinburgh, East Lothian Council |
| Created from | Edinburgh Eastern |
The seat was created by the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025.[4] It covers much of the former Edinburgh Eastern seat, but also includes areas that were formerly in the East Lothian seat, which had grown too large compared to other seats and therefore required to be redrawn.[5] The remainder of the former East Lothian seat now forms the new East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs seat.
The constituency has been represented by Kate Campbell of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Edinburgh and Lothians East region are East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Edinburgh Central, 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
Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent covers parts of the council area of Edinburgh and East Lothian. The remainder of East Lothian forms the East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs constituency, whilst there are six seats covering the rest of Edinburgh (Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith, Edinburgh North Western, Edinburgh Northern, Edinburgh South Western, and Edinburgh Southern).[2] The following electoral wards were used to define the seat during the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries:[2]
- East Lothian Council:
- Musselburgh (entire ward)
- Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry (part, shared with East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs)
- City of Edinburgh Council:
- Portobello/Craigmillar (entire ward)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kate Campbell | SNP | |
Election results
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Kate Campbell | 14,083 | 44.7 |  2.6 |
8,570 | 27.1 | 12.2 | |
| Labour | Katherine Sangster[b] | 9,097 | 28.9 | 4.8 |
6,750 | 21.4 | 1.3 | |
| Reform | Angela Ross[b] | 4,120 | 13.1 | New | 4,027 | 12.7 |  10.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Grant | 2,057 | 6.5 | 3.2 |
1,727 | 5.5 | 5.7 | |
| Conservative | Tim Jones | 1,819 | 5.8 | 9.9 |
2,039 | 6.5 | 11.4 | |
| AtLS | Joe Smith | 305 | 1.0 | New | 232 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
| Green | 6,435 | 20.4 | 7.9 | |||||
| Independent Green Voice | 285 | 0.9 | 0.7 | |||||
| Independent | Ash Regan[c] | 251 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||||
| Scottish Family | 221 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |||||
| Edinburgh & East Lothian People | 214 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |||||
| Animal Welfare | 211 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |||||
| Independent | Jeremy Balfour[d] | 143 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||||
| Scottish Socialist | 109 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||
| ISP | 107 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||
| Communist | 58 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||
| Independent | Bonnie Prince Bob | 51 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Workers Party | 45 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 40 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||
| Advance UK | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||
| Equality | 23 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||
| Independent | Morgwn Davies | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Majority | 4,986 | 15.8 | 2.2 |
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| Valid votes | 31,481 | 31,579 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 172 | 96 | ||||||
| Turnout | 31,645 | 52.1 | 7.7 |
31,675 | 52.1 | 7.7 | ||
| SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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