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East Lothian is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. See also East Lothian (council area) and East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national legislature of Scotland. ... East Lothian or Haddingtonshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... East Lothian is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. ...
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The Scottish parliamentary constituency covers the whole of the East Lothian council area except for the five wards of Musselburgh, which instead lie in Edinburgh East and Musselburgh. East Lothian or Haddingtonshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... This article is about Musselburgh in Scotland. ...
EastLothian Council commented that, while it was sympathetic towards the proposal, it would not wish to change the boundary because of the adverse impact on electoral parity.
EastLothian Council was asked to make copies of the electoral ward boundary descriptions, electoral statistics and illustrative maps available for inspection at their offices.
EastLothian Council was consulted and concluded that including the whole of Port Seton within Ward 9 would have involved the transfer of a substantial number of electors from Ward 10, thereby creating unacceptably high divergence from electoral parity in both wards.
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