East Lothian
2010 Results:
Conservative: 9661 (19.65%)
Labour: 21919 (44.59%)
Liberal Democrat: 8288 (16.86%)
SNP: 7883 (16.04%)
UKIP: 548 (1.11%)
Green: 862 (1.75%)
Majority: 12258 (24.94%)
2005 Results:
Labour: 18983 (41.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 11363 (24.8%)
Conservative: 7315 (16%)
SNP: 5995 (13.1%)
Other: 2120 (4.6%)
Majority: 7620 (16.6%)
Boundary changes prior to 2005 election.
2001 Result
Conservative: 6577 (17.8%)
Labour: 17407 (47.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 6506 (17.6%)
SNP: 5381 (14.6%)
Other: 1000 (2.7%)
Majority: 10830 (29.4%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 8660 (19.9%)
Labour: 22881 (52.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 4575 (10.5%)
SNP: 6825 (15.7%)
Referendum: 491 (1.1%)
Majority: 14221 (32.7%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Fiona O`Donnell (Labour)
Michael Veitch (Conservative) Educated at Linlithgow Academy and St Andrews University. Political researcher and former sales executive for Cadbury. Contested Linlithgow and Falkirk East 2005.Fiona O`Donnell (Labour)
Stuart Ritchie (Liberal Democrat) Educated at Dunbar Grammar and Paisley University. PR advisor. 
Andrew Sharp (SNP) born 1955. Educated at Glasgow High School, Perth Academy and Edinburgh University. IT professional. Contested East Lothian and South of Scotland region in 2007 Scottish Parliament election.
James MacKenzie (Green) Educated at St Andrews University. PR director for the Scottish Green party.
Jonathan Lloyd (UKIP) Born 1971, Builth Wells. Educated at Gwernyfed High School and Aberystwyth University. Animal Health/Livestock Market Analyst 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 90088
Male: 47.7%
Female: 52.3%
Under 18: 24.2%
Over 60: 22.5%
Born outside UK: 3%
White: 99.3%
Asian: 0.2%
Mixed: 0.2%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 64.3%
Graduates 16-74: 20%
No Qualifications 16-74: 32.4%
Owner-Occupied: 64%
Social Housing: 27.5% (Council: 23.8%, Housing Ass.: 3.7%)
Privately Rented: 5.3%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 3.9%
well you couldn’t have been more wrong Candy. Overwhelming Labour win, more than twice as many votes as the Tories in second.
Fiona O’Donnell Labour 21,919 44.6 +3.1
Michael Veitch Conservative 9,661 19.7 +3.7
Stuart Ritchie Liberal Democrat 8,288 16.9 -8.0
Andrew Sharp Scottish National Party 7,883 16.0 +2.9
James Mackenzie Green 862 1.8 -0.7
Jon Lloyd UK Independence Party 548 1.1 +0.4
Majority 12,258 24.9
Turnout 49,161 66.9 +2.2
The much ramped SNP charge got them as far as 4th….
Anyone have any idea how the local Libs are reacting to the Tory/Lib pact at Westminster?
I haven’t looked at the results of many Scottish seats yet and only just saw the result here now. I think I may have been the only person who suggested the Conservatives may come second amongst all the ramping by LDs and SNP alike and was probably derided by the advocates of both parties. This rather reminds me of the situation in Aberconwy where there was so much huffing and puffing by supporters of Plaid and the Lib Dems and there ended up a predictable Tory Labour contest with Pliad making a very modest advance and the LDs treading water
Not that bad a Tory vote. If they had achieved that percentage increase across Scotland, they would have had cause to be pleased with themselves.
If Anne Moffat was a big factor here, then the SNP’s fox was shot.
Scotland has clearly swung further to Labour when the threat of a Tory government pushed voters who might vote SNP or Lib Dem back to Labour.
I didn’t think the Tories would be second – not bad.
As Pete says rather amusing that this was one of the best Conservative performances in Scotland after all the ramping by LibDem and SNP supporters.
It should be a decent seat for the Cons. Dunbar, Haddington & N Berwick ought to be decent Tory territory really, and the villages which don’t have a coalfield background. But there certainly are Labour hotspots too, which seem to have stayed pretty loyal.
With different boundaries, this was a Tory gain in Feb 1974.
1955 – 1983 constituency was Berwickshire (Tory council till abolition in 1995) and East Lothian.
When Berwickshire was removed in 1983 Labour parts of Midlothian were added (Prestonpans ect) together with Mussleburgh which had shared its MP with Edinburgh East and was also Midlothian.
Berwickshire & East Lothian would still be a Tory prospect today.
That’s interesting. I had thought that Prestonpans was in the Berwick & E Lothian seat. Which seat was it in before 1983 then?
The SNP must be very disappointed at staying in 4th place here, what has really surprised me was how well Fiona O’Donnell did, bearing in mind the mess the loca CLP were in