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Encyclopedia > East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)

East Lothian is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Before the 1983 general election, the area lay in the Berwick and East Lothian constituency. See also East Lothian (council area) and East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency) A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... Berwick and East Lothian was a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, until it was replaced by East Lothian and part of Roxburgh and Berwickshire for the 1983 general election. ... East Lothian or Haddingtonshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... East Lothian is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

The constituency covers the whole of the East Lothian council area. East Lothian or Haddingtonshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ...


Member of Parliament

1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Home Robertson (born December 5, 1948) is a Scottish politician. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Categories: People stubs | 1958 births | Scottish politicians | British MPs | UK Labour Party politicians ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: East Lothian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Picking 18983 41.5% -7.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Butler 11363 24.8% +7.6
Conservative William Stevenson 7315 16.0% 0.0
SNP Paul McLennan 5995 13.1% -1.8
Scottish Green Michael Collie 1132 2.5% +2.5
SSP Gary Galbraith 504 1.1% -1.1
UKIP Eric Robb 306 0.7% +0.7
Operation Christian Vote William Thompson 178 0.4% +0.4
Majority 7620 16.6%
Turnout 45776 64.5 +3.6
Labour hold Swing -7.5
General Election 2001: East Lothian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Picking 17,407 47.2 -5.5
Conservative Hamish Mair 6,577 17.8 -2.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Hayman 6,506 17.6 +7.1
SNP Hilary Brown 5,381 14.6 -1.1
Socialist Labour Party James Herriot 376 1.0 N/A
SSP Derrick White 624 1.7 N/A
Majority 10,830 29.4
Turnout 36,871 62.5 -13.0
Labour hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Categories: People stubs | 1958 births | Scottish politicians | British MPs | UK Labour Party politicians ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... The Scottish Green Party is the Green party in Scotland, and a full member of the European Federation of Green Parties. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... Operation Christian Vote (OCV) is a minor British Political Party founded in May 2004. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Categories: People stubs | 1958 births | Scottish politicians | British MPs | UK Labour Party politicians ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (96 words)
East Lothian is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Before the 1983 general election, the area lay in the Berwick and East Lothian constituency.
The constituency covers the whole of the East Lothian council area.
East Lothian: Information From Answers.com (579 words)
The county of East Lothian was formerly known as Haddington or Haddingtonshire.
East Lothian ( Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area.
East Lothian Life is a quarterly glossy magazine, sold by subscription and in newsagents, and produced by an independent PR company based in Dunbar.
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