Edinburgh and Lothians East

Edinburgh and Lothians East

Edinburgh and Lothians East is a electoral region of the Scottish Parliament. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The seat is expected to be first contested at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.

The region was created by the Second Periodic Review of constituency and regional boundaries, the results of which were formally approved in October 2025.

Boundaries

Edinburgh and Lothians East

The region includes all of the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian council areas, and parts of the Midlothian council area. It is based on the city of Edinburgh, and covers much of the former Lothian region. Compared to the former Lothian region, Edinburgh and Lothians East excludes West Lothian, which is now in the Central Scotland and Lothians West region, but includes East Lothian, which was formerly in South Scotland.

Constituencies

Edinburgh and Lothians East

• East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs • Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent • Edinburgh Central • Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith • Edinburgh North Western • Edinburgh Northern • Edinburgh Southern • Edinburgh South Western • Midlothian North

2026 Scottish Parliament election

Edinburgh and Lothians East

<table><thead><tr><th>2026 Scottish Parliament election: Edinburgh and Lothians East</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>List</td><td>Candidates</td><td>Votes</td><td>Of total (%)</td><td>± from prev.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SNP</td><td>Tommy Sheppard, Deidre Brock, Simita Kumar, Angus Robertson, Paul McLennan, Colin Beattie, Kelly Parry, Lyn Jardine</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td>Miles Briggs, Sue Webber, Marie-Clair Munro, Christopher Cowdy, Jo Mowat, Tim Jones</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Irshad Ahmad, Katherine Sangster, Daniel Johnson, Catriona Munro, Martin Whitfield</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Lorna Slater, Kate Nevens, Q Manivannan, Kayleigh O'Neill, Chas Booth, Adam Al-Khateb, Jo Phillips, Mridul Wadhwa, Dan Heap, Astri JS Kvassnes, Alex Staniforth, Mariusz Cebulski</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td>Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, Jane Pickard, Charles Dundas, Lewis Younie, Jenny Butler, Liss Owen, Alan Grant</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Reform UK</td><td>Nigel Douglas, Gary Neil, Angela Ross, David Lees, James Glen, Andrew McLaughlin, Cameron Ross, Charles Turner, Pal Chidambaram</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Scottish Socialist</td><td>Colin Fox</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jeremy Balfour</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ash Regan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Communist</td><td>Chris Cullen</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>